                            RENAME

REN (or RENAME) is an internal command that gives you the ability to change 
the name of a file. REN can not be used to change directory names. (However,
see the RENDIR topic for an example of a batch file that can be used to 
rename directories.)

    REN [d:][pathname]filename1[.ext1] filename2[.ext2]
or
    RENAME [d:][pathname]filename1[.ext1] filename2[.ext2] 
			 \_____________/  \_____________/
			  \current name     \new name

[d:][pathname]filename1[.ext1] is the current name of the file (or files) to 
    be renamed. Multiple files can be renamed by using the wildcard characters.

filename2[.ext2] is the new name.  A pathname cannot be specified. You cannot
    rename a file into another directory, so there is no reason to specify a
    pathname. To actually move a file into another directory, use the MOVE
    command.
