Renaming Parent Directory?

[kdlklm]

I'm trying to use a command line to rename the parent directory, or specific selected directory.

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C:\temp\rename\BRC32.exe /DIR:"C:\Movies\" /REGEXP:"(.+)(\d\d\d\d)":"\1(\2)" /REPLACECI:"((":"(" /EXECUTE

I want to be able to rename a specific folder as follows

From:
The Dark Knight Rises Prologue 2011 CAM NEWSRC XViD SIC

To:
The Dark Knight Rises Prologue (2011)

there are several directories under the same folder, but I only want to rename one.

[truth]

Without /recursive, that commandline only affects DirsNames 1-level below C:\Movies
To affect DirNames at the same level as C:\Movies, you must spec /dir:C: and /recursive
To select only certain DirNames, we must know your selection criteria
You should prob also be using /nofiles to prevent touching filenames

Below example affects ALL DirNames below C:\Movies (with space####space in DirName):
brc32 /dir:c:\movies /nofiles /recursive /regexp:"(.*) ([0-9]{4}) :\1 (\2)"

It will parenthesize the last 4digits(IfBorderedbySpaces) & drop anything afterwards
My FileName 2012 WasTooLong ---> My FileName (2012)