Quincy Center for Technical Education
Computer Technology Department

Rename (ren)

Changes the name of a file or a set of files.

You can rename all files matching the specified file name. You cannot use the rename command to rename files across drives or to move files to a different directory location.

rename [drive:][path] filename1 filename2

ren [drive:][path] filename1 filename2

Parameters

[drive:][path] filename1

Specifies the location and name of the file or set of files you want to rename.

filename2

Specifies the new name for the file. If you use wildcards (* and ?), filename2 specifies the new names for the files. You cannot specify a new drive or path when renaming files.