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                              RENAME──Examples
 
Suppose you want to change the extensions of all the filenames in the
current directory that have the extension .TXT; for example, suppose you
want to change the .TXT extensions to .DOC extensions. To make this change,
type the following command:
 
    ren *.txt *.doc
 
To rename a file named CHAP10 (on drive B) to PART10, type the following
command:
 
    ren b:chap10 part10
 
The newly renamed file PART10 remains on drive B.
 
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