3.6 Renaming Files

the Rename-Item cmdlet renames a file or directory.

it’s not possible to move items with the Rename-Item cmdlet. use the Move-Item cmdlet instead.

Rename-Item -Path "C:\Users\xle0x\test.txt" -NewName "new_temp.txt"

to rename multiple files at once, use a script like this:

# Define the folder containing the files
$FolderPath = "C:\FilesToRename"

# Fetch all files in the folder
$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path $FolderPath -File

# Loop through each file and rename it
foreach ($File in $Files) {
    # Define the new file name (modify this logic as needed)
    $NewName = "Renamed_" + $File.Name

    # Rename the file
    Rename-Item -Path $File.FullName -NewName $NewName
    Write-Host "Renamed $($File.Name) to $NewName"
}

Example Output:

If the folder contains:

File1.doc
File2.doc

The script will rename them to:

Renamed_File1.doc
Renamed_File2.doc