I need some help with renaming files using a batch script...

Say in a folder I have 2 html files. -
1.htm
2.htm

I need a bat file that will rename "1.htm" to "1a.htm" and then change "2.htm" to "1.htm"

In other words I need "2.htm" to become "1.htm"...

Anyone know how I can do this using a bat file?

cheers.

from the command prompt:
navigate to the directory (folder) containing your files to be renamed.

create the batch file like this:

strike [enter] after each line
when done,
strike [ctrl]-z then [enter]

copy con means copy the output of the console
renameme.bat is the file that will be created
the other two lines will be added in turn to renameme.bat
the [ctrl]-z key combination, when followed by the [enter] key tells the copy command that you are done, and writes the file to disk

then, from the command prompt, simply type
followed by the [enter] key

and, voila'! instant file rename!!

Thanks for the help.

I've changed it slightly. New scrip reads...

This alows me to have 3 static pages that display status info, to change at the click of a button without updating any pages or html links. Only draw back is pages can become muddled if the script ends half way through - (ie before all pages are back to their original file names.)

Thanks again.

slightly!!lol

lol indeed so!

now i see ~why~ you wanted this.