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Posted: **20 May 2018 21:24**

Hi guys,

I am wondering if there is a way to:
Rename Folders that are empty or only contain Folders with "name + (Empty)" etc

So that if I am browsing through directories I can tell quickly if they're useful or dead legs. (I want to keep the folder structure as it is, to add things into the correct folders as projects develop.)

eg:

E:\AS\A\A
E:\AS\A\A\C
E:\AS\A\B
E:\AS\A\B\Work.doc
E:\AS\B\A
E:\AS\B\B
E:\AS\B\B\C

Would rename to:

E:\AS\A\A (Empty)
E:\AS\A\A (Empty)\C (Empty)
E:\AS\A\B
E:\AS\A\B\Work.doc
E:\AS\B (Empty)\A (Empty)
E:\AS\B (Empty)\B (Empty)
E:\AS\B (Empty)\B (Empty)\C (Empty)

My idea it is to use something like:

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@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
cls
:input
set /p "input=1. Enter Source directory: "
if not exist "%input%" echo Invalid source: "%input%" enter valid path && goto :input 
for /f "delims=" %%I in (' dir /s /b /o:n ') do (
	set file="%%~I"
	for %%J in ??? do set "file=???"
???
)

Where "???" I am not sure what to use.

Posted: **21 May 2018 19:24**

I'm unsure how you might mean this "(Empty)" part:
If you only allow the default space character (U+0020), then (if i remember right) this task is impossible to solve, because that space isn't allowed to be the last character in a filename without extension.

But, if it suffices, you could use the non breaking space:

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@echo off
:: prepare codepages
set /A "utf7Cp=65000, utf8Cp=65001"
set "cp="
for /f "delims=." %%a in ('2^>nul chcp') do for %%b in (%%a) do set "cp=%%b"
if not defined cp for /f "tokens=2" %%a in ('2^>nul chcp') do set "cp=%%~a"

:: create file ['A', NBSP, 'A']; NBS := non breaking space
>nul chcp %utf8Cp%
>"dummy.txt" cmd /a /c^<nul set /p "=A+AKA-A"
>nul chcp %utf7Cp%
set "nbs="
<"dummy.txt" set /p "nbs="
set "nbs=%nbs:~1,1%"

:: rename "dummy.txt"
for %%a in ("dummy.txt") do ren "%%~a" "%%~a%nbs%."
for %%a in ("dummy.*") do echo("%%~a"

:: restore codepage
>nul chcp %cp%
goto :eof

penpen

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