Delete spaces from filenames?

[_ron_]

Hi,
Is it somehow possible (using DOS/batch prog) to delete all space occurenses in filenames? The space(s) are not i a certain place, but can occur wherever in the filename.

Ex.
f ile.txt
fil e.txt
file   .txt

Many thanks!
-ron

[Sidewinder]

This is a trick question, right? Using your example, the code will crash and burn with duplicate file names.

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=1-2 delims=." %%a in ('dir /b dirname') do (
     for /f "tokens=1-6" %%i in ("%%a") do (
           for /f %%x in ("%%b") do (
                 ren "dirname\%%a.%%b" %%i%%j%%k%%l%%m%%n.%%x
           )
     )
)


Replace dirname with a valid value. This will work for up to six embedded spaces. If you suspect you have more, change accordingly.

Happy Computing...