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## Example we want to loop through all files matching p????.gif and add a prefix 2010-

for /F %%a in ('dir /b  p????.gif') do rename %a 2010-%%a

## For example to rename the folders Topic.nn to Topic.0nn




Note:

• When running it via a batch file use %%a
• When running directly on a command prompt use %a