rename - How do I remove the same part of a file name for many files in Windows 7?

Basically, I have an album of music and I want to remove the authors name from all of the mp3 files instead of having to manually do it myself. Is there a function in Windows 7 Ultimate that can do this for me?

Answer

You could also try using PowerShell, a powerful Windows command line tool. You'd run this command:

Full Command:

get-childitem *.mp3 | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("Radiohead -", "") }

Analyzing it:

get-childitem *.mp3
This lists all files whose names end with .mp3.  They are then piped to the next command with the | operator.

foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("Radiohead -", "") }
This replaces all instances of Radiohead - with nothing, denoted by "", effectively wiping the word from all the files in the directory.

You could also modify get-childitem *.mp3 to get-childitem – that would rename all the files in the directory, not just files whose names end with .mp3.