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Batch File That Uses Notepad To Rename A File From Command Line

05.18.2011
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        just pass a file name that should be renamed to the script


set temp_file=%TEMP%./rename.txt
echo %1 > %temp_file%
notepad %temp_file%
set /p to= < %temp_file%
ren %1 %to%


This scripts demonstrates, how to get a file content into environment variable and back.
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