Rename all files in a folder using batch

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Published on 2010-06-11T20:28:42Z Indexed on 2010/06/11 20:32 UTC
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I would like to create a batch file to rename all the files with extension ".log" in a folder to append with today's date.

For example :

App.log will be appended to App.log06112010 where date is 06112010.

Please suggest

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