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  1. #1
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    Rename files with a given string

    Can anyone please help with the following code. I need to rename files with a given string. My code is:

    import java.io.File;

    public class RenameFile
    {
    public RenameFile()
    {
    }

    void naming(File destFiles, String rename)
    {
    System.out.println("destFiles:"+destFiles.getName());
    //output: destFiles:C:\temp\store\test.abc
    //output: destFiles:C:\temp\store\test.def
    //output: destFiles:C:\temp\store\test.ghi
    System.out.println("rename:"+rename);
    //output: rename:amnr

    String name=destFiles.getName().toString();
    System.out.println("name:"+name);
    //output: name:test.abc
    //output: name:test.def
    //output: name:test.ghi

    String ren="";
    ren=name.replaceAll(name,rename);
    System.out.println("ren:"+ren);
    //output: ren:amnr
    }
    }

    My files I am getting from "destFiles" are:
    C:\temp\store\test.abc
    C:\temp\store\test.def
    C:\temp\store\test.ghi


    which I need to rename as:
    C:\temp\store\amnr.abc
    C:\temp\store\amnr.def
    C:\temp\store\amnr.ghi

  2. #2
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    Can you use the File class's renameTo method?

  3. #3
    Join Date
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    Thanks a lot, its working now.

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