How do I change a file name with es.exe?

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wu_yi
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How do I change a file name with es.exe?

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I want to find foo.txt and rename it to bar.txt. How do I do that with es.exe?
void
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Re: How do I change a file name with es.exe?

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for /f %A in ('es -n 1 foo.txt') do set esfile=%A
rename %esfile% bar.txt
This will find the first match of foo.txt and rename it to bar.txt

If you would like to do this from a BAT file, use:
esrn.bat

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for /f %%A in ('es -n 1 %1') do set esfile=%%A
rename %esfile% %2
then call:
esrn foo.txt bar.txt



I recommend searching for foo.txt with:
es foo.txt
and manually renaming the desired result with:
rename <old-filename> <new-filename>
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