Remove Sequence Nbr From Filename

[marvlus]

I have a list of PDF in a folder in which I need to remove the sequence number and the trailing space from each of the filenames. Example.

1 Account01.pdf
2 Account05.pdf
10 Account30.pdf

I want the end result to be:

Account01.pdf
Account05.pdf
Account30.pdf

Any help would be appreciated!

[foxidrive]

Try this (untested) and remove the echo keyword if it looks right on the screen.
Make sure that only the files you want renamed are in the current folder.

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=1,*" %%a in ('dir /b *.pdf') do echo ren "%%a %%b" "%%b"

[aGerman]

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@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /a-d /b *pdf^|findstr /rbc:"[0-9][0-9]* "') do (
  for /f "tokens=1*" %%j in ("%%i") do ECHO ren "%%i" "%%k"
)
PAUSE

... to protect you from errors if there is more than one space between.
Also remove ECHO and PAUSE if it seems to work.

Regards
aGerman

[marvlus]

foxidrive,
It worked! You're the one! Thanks very much!

[marvlus]

aGerman,
thanks for your response too! It will pay to have extra protection if there are more spaces!

[aGerman]

Yeah, it also checks whether the file name begins with a numeric expression + space. In case you would run it twice already renamed files are untouched.

Regards
aGerman