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

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Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza on 26 Jun 2020
Edited: Ameer Hamza on 26 Jun 2020
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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Ameer Hamza
Ameer Hamza on 27 Jun 2020
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

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Gaurav Aggarwal
Gaurav Aggarwal on 26 Jun 2020
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.

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