Rename multiple files without parentheses/remove parentheses windows

To remove the brackets you will have to do some string manipulation. I have written a batch file to do this (save as .bat)

cd C:\foldersetlocal enabledelayedexpansionfor %%a in (abc_*.jpeg) do (set f=%%aset f=!f:^(=!set f=!f:^)=!ren "%%a" "!f!")

I don't think you can easily do this in one line from the command line though, it may be possible but it won't be pretty. If you can help it use this batch file to remove the brackets.

In the File Explorer window, select all files, right-click and select rename. Windows will select the starting number as the number supplied between the round brackets so name the file using a number that is 1 digit more than the number of digits required.

Example: We want the pattern "test_xxx". Using the File Explorer, rename the files to "tes(1000)". Your files will now be named ["tes(1000)", "tes(1001)", "tes(1002)", etc..]. Hold SHIFT and right click in the open area of the File Explorer, then choose "Open command window here". Issue the following command:

ren *.* test_???.*

This will rename all the files to the proper format ["test_000", "test_001", "test_002", etc..].

A bit late to the party, but here's a combination of removing parentheses and the empty space automatically created. This code works by having the .bat file inside a folder containing all the files you'd like to modify.

Copy and paste the code in notepad and save it as sequentialFileNameCleaner.bat

Your file name must be the same as what is written on the first line sequentialFileNameCleaner.bat. That being said, you can manually update the first line if you want to change the file name.

:sequentialFileNameCleaner  [/R]  [FolderPath]setlocal enabledelayedexpansionfor %%a in (*.jpg) do (set f=%%aset f=!f:^(=!set f=!f:^)=!ren "%%a" "!f!")@echo offsetlocal disableDelayedExpansionif /i "%~1"=="/R" (  set "forOption=%~1 %2"  set "inPath=") else (  set "forOption="  if "%~1" neq "" (set "inPath=%~1\") else set "inPath=")for %forOption% %%F in ("%inPath%* *") do (  if /i "%~f0" neq "%%~fF" (    set "folder=%%~dpF"    set "file=%%~nxF"    setlocal enableDelayedExpansion    echo ren "!folder!!file!" "!file: =!"    ren "!folder!!file!" "!file: =!"    endlocal  ))

By default, this code will only locate .jpg files. On the 3rd line, changing the (*.jpg) to (*.png) or to (*.mp4) or any extension you'd like will make the code compatible.