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Doitsu · 05-23-2015, 04:45 PM

The following simple batch file should do the job, if the .rtf files were originally created with Word or Wordpad. (Even though it's highly unlikely that it'll damage any of your files you may want to backup your Word documents before running it.)

Code:

FOR %%f IN ("*.doc") DO  (
    findstr /m /c:"rtf1" %%f && REN "%%f" "%%~nf.rtf"
)

Simply copy the above code to a text file, rename it to word.cmd, copy it to the folder with the word files and double-click on it. (The batch file will automatically rename all .rtf files with a .doc extension to .rtf files.)

@eschwartz: findstr is the Windows equivalent of grep.

05-23-2015, 04:45 PM	#3
Doitsu Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,691 Karma: 24031401 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle PW2	The following simple batch file should do the job, if the .rtf files were originally created with Word or Wordpad. (Even though it's highly unlikely that it'll damage any of your files you may want to backup your Word documents before running it.) Code: FOR %%f IN (".doc") DO ( findstr /m /c:"rtf1" %%f && REN "%%f" "%%~nf.rtf" ) Simply copy the above code to a text file, rename it to word.cmd, copy it to the folder with the word files and double-click on it. (The batch file will automatically rename all .rtf files with a .doc extension to .rtf files.) @eschwartz:* findstr is the Windows equivalent of grep.