Renaming multiple files in a folder

% Removes _REF from all filenames in a folder.
clc;    % Clear the command window.
workspace;  % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format compact;
% Define input and output folders.
% CHANGE THESE FOLDER NAMES!!!!!!
topLevelFolder = pwd;
outputFolder = topLevelFolder;
% Check to see that folder exists.
if ~isfolder(topLevelFolder)
    errorMessage = sprintf('Error: The following input folder does not exist:\n%s', topLevelFolder);
    uiwait(warndlg(errorMessage));
    return;
end
% Get a list of files to copy.
filePattern = fullfile(topLevelFolder, '*.*'); % All files in topLevelFolder ONLY.
% filePattern = fullfile(topLevelFolder, '**/*.*'); % All files in topLevelFolder and subfolders of it.
% filePattern = fullfile(inputFolder, '*.m'); % m-files.
fileNamesToTransfer = dir(filePattern);
numFiles = length(fileNamesToTransfer);
% Do the copying.
for k = 1 : numFiles
    % Get the base file name.
    baseFileName = fileNamesToTransfer(k).name;
    % Skip file if it does not contain "_ref".
    if ~contains(baseFileName, '_REF', 'IgnoreCase', true)
        continue; % Skip this file.
    end
    % Replace '_REF' with null.
    baseFileName2 = strrep(baseFileName, '_REF', '');
    baseFileName2 = strrep(baseFileName2, '_ref', ''); % Do it for lower case also.
    inputFolder = fileNamesToTransfer(k).folder;
    % Create the full input and output filenames.
    fullInputFileName = fullfile(inputFolder, baseFileName);
    fullOutputFileName = fullfile(outputFolder, baseFileName2);
    fprintf(1, 'Now renaming file #%d of %d: %s to %s\n', ...
        k, numFiles, fullInputFileName, fullOutputFileName);
    movefile(fullInputFileName, fullOutputFileName);
end
uiwait(msgbox('Done copying files!', 'modal'));

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Image Analyst 2023-1-19

编辑：Image Analyst 2023-1-19

It doesn't move it. I know, it's a bad name, but "movefile" is actually the name of the function to rename a file, as well as to move it to a different folder if you want. But if the folder prefixing the filename is the same for both source and destination folder, then the operation will all be in that folder and it's essentially a renaming operation. It doesn't move it anywhere unless the folder prefixed to the front of the full file name is different between the two.

If baseFileName2 was no different than baseFileName, then 'WRxx_THRU' did not occur in baseFileName. If the search string is not there, it just returns the string unaltered.

Michael Angeles 2023-1-19

Awesome. Thanks again for the help...There is so much to learn with Matlab

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Answer 2

Jan 2023-1-16

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编辑：Jan 2023-1-16

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Folder = 'C:\Your\Folder';
FileList = dir(fullfile(Folder), 'Antenna_REF_*.s2p');
for k = 1:numel(FileList)
    oldName  = FileList(k).name;
    newName  = strrep(oldName, 'REF', '');
    [status, msg] = movefile(fullfile(folder, oldName), fullfile(folder, newName));
    assert(status == 1, msg);
end

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Answer 3

MFK 2023-1-16

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dinfo=dir('*.s2p');
for id = 1:length(dinfo)
    % Get the file name 
    [~, f,~] = fileparts(dinfo(id).name);
    newname = regexprep(f,'_REF_','');
    movefile(dinfo(id).name,[newname '.s2p']);
end

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Image Analyst 2023-1-16

To use this answer, since the code does not use fullfile(), you need to make sure that the current folder is the data folder. So the folder where the files are also must contain the above script (m-file).

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