The code worked fine though I adjusted it abit
local myfiles: dir "C:\data\pj\tmru\ccampbell\CRP\actical" files "*.csv"
foreach file of local myfiles {
local subfile = substr("`file'", 1, 4) + ".csv"
!rename "`file'" "`subfile'"
}
Raphael
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:45 PM, Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Raphael,
>
> I assume you want to keep the extension.
>
> local files: dir . files "*.csv"
> foreach f of local files {
> local fnew = substr("`f'",1,4)
> shell ren "`f'" "`fnew'.csv"
> }
>
> Friedrich
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Raphael Fraser <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Is it possible to rename the file names below using the first four
> > characters in the file name in Stata?
> >
> > 018b_crp_13april08.0101.csv
> > 020b_crp_26apr08.0101.csv
> > 027b_crp_05april08.0101.csv
> > 032bb_crp_06april08.0101.csv
> >
> > Raphael
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