ren (command)
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 The ReactOS ren command | |
| Developer(s) | Various open-source and commercial developers |
|---|---|
| Operating system | OpenVOS, RT-11, OS/8, RSX-11, ISIS-II, iRMX 86, TOPS-20, Z80-RIO, FLEX, CDOS, OS-9, FlexOS, PC-MOS, 4690 OS, MPE/iX, THEOS/OASIS, OpenVMS, CP/M, MP/M, TRIPOS, AmigaDOS, DOS, MSX-DOS, SISNE plus, OS/2, Windows, ReactOS, SymbOS, DexOS |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Command |
ren (or rename) is a shell command for renaming a file and in some implementations (such as AmigaDOS[1]) a directory.
Some shells with ren also provide a move command that provides for moving between directories. On systems that do not support a move command (such as MS-DOS older than 6.00), the user could copy a file to a new destination and then delete the original file. In DOSBox, ren can move files.
RENAME command of RT-11SJ displayed on a VT100.The command is in various shells such as COMMAND.COM, Command Prompt[2], 4DOS, 4NT and PowerShell. In MS-DOS, the command is available in versions 1 and later.[3] In PowerShell, ren is a predefined alias for the Rename-Item Cmdlet which serves the same essential purpose.[4]
Similar commands are available in many operating systems. The command is available in the CP/M,[5] MP/M,[6][7] Cromemco DOS,[8] TRIPOS,[9] OS/2,[10] ReactOS,[11] SymbOS, and DexOS. Multics includes a rename command to rename a directory entry; which could be contracted to rn.[12] A rename command which in some cases can be contracted to ren is provided in Stratus VOS,[13] RT-11,[14] OS/8,[15] RSX-11,[16] ISIS-II,[17] iRMX 86,[18] TOPS-20,[19] Z80-RIO,[20] FLEX,[21] OS-9,[22] FlexOS,[23] 4690 OS,[24] MPE/iX,[25] THEOS/OASIS,[26] and OpenVMS[27] A rename command is supported by 86-DOS.[28] DR DOS 6.0 includes ren and rename commands.[29] PC-MOS includes an implementation of rename.[30][31] It is also available in the MS-DOS emulator DOSBox.
Example
[edit]The following renames file foo to bar.
> ren foo bar The following renames a file specified by a fully qualified path. The first parameter may contain drive and path information, but the second parameter must be only a file name.
> rename "C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv" Wildlife2.wmv The following removes abcd of a file name in Command Prompt based on the following rules:
- Same number of
/as the number of characters to remove - Requries double quotes for both arguments
- Won't remove
.from a file name
> rename "abcd*.txt" "////*.txt" See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Rügheimer, Hannes; Spanik, Christian (September 19, 1988). AmigaDOS quick reference. Grand Rapids, Mi : Abacus. ISBN 9781557550491 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Microsoft TechNet Rename (ren) article". 11 September 2009.
- ^ Wolverton, Van (2003). Running MS-DOS Version 6.22 (20th Anniversary Edition), 6th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 0-7356-1812-7.
- ^ "Microsoft TechNet PowerShell Rename-Item (ren) article". 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Manual" (PDF). www.cpm.z80.de. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ Digital Research (July 1981) [1979]. MP/M - Multi-Programming Monitor Control Program - User's Guide (PDF) (4 ed.). Pacific Grove, CA, USA: Digital Research. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ Digital Research (1981-09-25). MP/M-86 Operating System - User's Guide (PDF) (1 ed.). Pacific Grove, CA, USA: Digital Research. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- ^ CDOS USER'S MANUAL
- ^ "Manual" (PDF). www.pagetable.com. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands". Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- ^ "reactos/reactos". GitHub. 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Multics Commands". www.multicians.org.
- ^ "Manual" (PDF). stratadoc.stratus.com. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "RT-11 HELP FILE". paleoferrosaurus.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-17. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
- ^ "Concise Command Language" (CCL)."OS/8 Handbook" (PDF). April 1974. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ John F. Pieper (1987). RSX A Guide for Users (PDF). Digital Equipment Corporation. ISBN 0-932376-90-8. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ ISIS II Users Guide
- ^ iRMX™86 INTRODUCTION AND OPERATOR'S REFERENCE MANUAL For Release 6
- ^ "TOPS-20 Command manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
- ^ Z80-RIO OPERATING SYSTEM USER'S MANUAL
- ^ "FLEX 2.0 User's Manual" (PDF).
- ^ Paul S. Dayan (1992). The OS-9 Guru - 1 : The Facts. Galactic Industrial Limited. ISBN 0-9519228-0-7.
- ^ "FlexOS User's Guide" (PDF). www.bitsavers.org. 1986. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-08. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "Users guide" (PDF). archive.org. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
- ^ "MPE/iX Command Reference Manual" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ^ THEOS/OASIS User's Handbook
- ^ OpenVMS User's Manual[permanent dead link]
- ^ 86-DOS - Disk Operating System for the 8086 - User's Manual (PDF). Version 0.3 (Preliminary ed.). Seattle, Washington, USA: Seattle Computer Products, Inc. 1980. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-07-14. (59 pages)
- ^ DR DOS 6.0 User Guide Optimisation and Configuration Tips
- ^ PC-MOS User Guide
- ^ Jansen, Roeland (8 February 2018). "pcmos386v501: PC-MOS/386 v5.01 final release including cdrom driver sources" – via GitHub.
Further reading
[edit]- Wolverton, Van (1990). MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-1556152894.
- Kathy Ivens; Brian Proffit (1993). OS/2 Inside & Out. Osborne McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0078818714.
- Frisch, Æleen (2001). Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference. O'Reilly. ISBN 978-0-596-00148-3.