How to Search for a Directory and Rename It in CMD

You can use the following syntax in Command Prompt (CMD) to search for a directory by name and rename it:

for /D %G in ("directory_path\directory_name_pattern") do ren "%G" "new_directory_name"

This particular example will search for directories that match the specified pattern within the given path and rename them.

Note: Replace new_directory_name with the desired new name for the directory.

The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.

Example: Search for a Directory and Rename It using CMD

Suppose that we want to search for directories that start with temp_ within the following path and rename them to renamed_folder.

C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script

We can type the following command to search for the directories and rename them:

for /D %G in ("C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script\temp_*") do ren "%G" "renamed_folder"

Output: 👇️

CMD - Search for directory and rename it — CMD – Search for directory and rename it

We can see that the command searches for directories starting with temp_ within C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script\ and renames them to renamed_folder.

Conclusion

I hope the above article on searching for directories and renaming them in CMD is helpful to you.

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