MATLAB: Renaming multiple subfolders within folder

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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

Best Answer

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

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