changing names of files

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Tanmoyee Bhattacharya
Tanmoyee Bhattacharya on 3 Aug 2015
I have 100 file name wflux_23.34_86.45,wflux_12.34_76.34 like that and I have to change the name data_23.34_86.45,data_12.34_76.34 etc. How can I do it in matlab.

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David Sanchez
David Sanchez on 3 Aug 2015
% Renaming a File in the Current Folder
% In the current folder, rename oldname.m to newname.m:
% movefile('oldname.m','newname.m')
my_files = dir ('*.pdf');
for k=1:numel(my_files)
newname = strcat('data', my_files(k).name(6:end));
movefile(my_files(k).name, newname);
end

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