Using Bulk rename utility commandline tool

[whiggs]

Hello all. So, I don't know if I am missing something, but I am having some difficulty using the Bulk rename commandline utility. Here is the command I am entering into my command line prompt:

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brc64 /REPLACECI:%3A:- /DIR:C:\temp\folder /NOFOLDERS /RECURSIVE

Given the above command, based on the documentation, I would expect the tool to rename all of the files (no directories) in the C:\temp\folder directory by replacing the characters "%3A" with a "-" character recursively. However, when I run this command, I am seeing output like below:

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Filename file%3A_file.html would be renamed to file-_file.html

So, the utility is telling me that it correctly understands what I want it to do....without actually doing it. For those of you familiar with powershell, it is as if I ran a command using the "-whatif" parameter. How do I get the commandline utility to actually rename the file?

[therube]

the utility is telling me that it correctly understands what I want it to do....without actually doing it

Yes, that is what is does, to prevent you from saying something like, "oh my, what did I just do"?

So you have to specifically say - go ahead & do it!

/EXECUTE

So...

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brc64 /REPLACECI:%3A:- /DIR:C:\temp\folder /NOFOLDERS /RECURSIVE  /EXECUTE