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How to rename files to add the creation date in the file name?
$ for %f in (*.*) do ren "%f" "%~tf_%~nf%~xf"
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This command uses a for loop to iterate over all files in the current directory (.) and renames each file by appending the creation date to the original file name. The "%~tf" represents the date format (YYYY-MM-DD), "%~nf" represents the file name, and "%~xf" represents the file extension.
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