Renaming multiple subfolders within folder

Hi all,

I have created a folder with 301 subfolders, each of the subfolders containing dicom images.

However I am required to rename each of the subfolders.

They are currently named P_6CMBCF_.......

And I would like to rename them as follows: P_Tomo_6CMBCF_.......

So I need to add _Tomo after the first letter.

How can I do this?

I am quite new to matlab so any help and guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

Something like this

files = dir('P_6CMBCF_*');
for i=1:numel(files)
    filename = files(i).name;
    new_filename = [filename(1) '_Tomo' filename(2:end)];
    movefile(filename, new_filename);
end

[Riyad Khan]

Thanks, where do I add the main folder which contains all the images is it something like:

myfolder ='filename';

filePattern = fullfie(myfolder, 'P_6CMBCF_*');

theFiles = dir(FilePattern);

files = dir('P_6CMBCF_*');

for i=1:numel(files)

filename = files(i).name;

new_filename = [filename(1) '_Tomo' Tomo(2:end)];

movefile(filename, new_filename);

end

[Ameer Hamza]

Something like this

myfolder ='path_to_folder';
filePattern = fullfie(myfolder, 'P_6CMBCF_*');
theFiles = dir(FilePattern);
for i=1:numel(files)
    filepath = fullfile(theFiles(i).folder, theFiles(i).name);
    new_filepath = fullfile(theFiles(i).folder, [theFiles(i).name(1) '_Tomo' theFiles(i).name(2:end)]);
    movefile(filepath, new_filepath);
end

[Riyad Khan]

Thanks!

Answer 2

[Gaurav Aggarwal]

Hi Riyad,

You can refer the answer posted by Jan for renaming multiple folders, https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/16283-renaming-a-lot-of-folders-automatically-by-matlab

For folder names, you can replace "P_6CMBCF_" with "P_Tomo_6CMBCF_" using regex, something like the following,

newName = regexprep(AName{iFolder},"P_6CMBCF_","P_Tomo_6CMBCF_");

Hope this helps. Thanks.