I want to rename some files based on .csv file, I succeeded to do so using the following code
Import-Csv "C:\Location\rename.csv" | foreach { Rename-Item -Path $_.Oname -NewName $_.NName }
but that renames only the files in the parent folder
I tried to make it includes the files in the sub-folders but in vain
I tried to add
Get-ChildItem
It gets error, probably I don't know how to combine it with the import csv
the .csv file format is
Oname,NName
Name1,NewName1
Name2,Newname2
here's one way to do the job. it's a tad more roundabout since the files may be anywhere in the target directory tree. what it does ...
- fakes reading in a CSV of old/new file names
- sets the target top directory
- sets the file type
if you don't have just one file type, this can be removed here and in the Get-ChildItem
line.
- gets all the files in the target dir tree that match the
ONames
in the CSV file
- iterates thru that collection of file items
- gets the index [position of the item in the array] of the OName that matches the current file item name
- does a rename on that file
the -WhatIf
on the end of the Rename-Item
line is there to show what WOULD happen. [grin] remove it when you are ready to do this for real on your sample data [and later on your real data].
here is the code ...
# fake reading in a CSV file
# in real life, use Import-CSV
$InStuff = @'
OName, NName
"GWords_2019-02-20.log", "MORE_GWords_2019-02-20.log"
"Two_2019-03-06.log", "Yet another _-_ Two_2019-03-06.log"
"One_GWords_2019-02-27.log", "Slightly different - One_GWords_2019-02-27.log"
'@ | ConvertFrom-Csv
$TargetDir = "$env:TEMP\Testing"
$Filter = '*.log'
$FileList = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $TargetDir -Filter $Filter -File -Recurse |
Where-Object {$_.Name -in $InStuff.OName}
foreach ($FL_Item in $FileList)
{
$Index = $InStuff.OName.IndexOf($FL_Item.Name)
Rename-Item -LiteralPath $FL_Item.FullName -NewName $InStuff[$Index].NName -WhatIf
}
output [reformatted for readability] ...
What if: Performing the operation "Rename File" on target
"Item: C:\Temp\Testing\GWords_2019-02-20.log
Destination:
C:\Temp\Testing\MORE_GWords_2019-02-20.log".
What if: Performing the operation "Rename File" on target
"Item: C:\Temp\Testing\SubOne\One_GWords_2019-02-27.log
Destination:
C:\Temp\Testing\SubOne\Slightly different - One_GWords_2019-02-27.log".
What if: Performing the operation "Rename File" on target
"Item: C:\Temp\Testing\SubTwo\Two_2019-03-06.log
Destination:
C:\Temp\Testing\SubTwo\Yet another _-_ Two_2019-03-06.log".
I suggest to:
- read the csv into a variable
- then build a hash table from the OldName NewName pairs
- use the .OName property with Get-ChildItem -Include to recursively select files
- directly pipe to Rename-Item and get the NewName from the hash table
## Q:\Test\2019\03\30\SO_55433812.ps1
$Renames = Import-csv "C:\Location\rename.csv"
$TargetDir = "$env:TEMP\Testing"
$RenHash = @{}
$Renames | ForEach-Object { $RenHash[$_.OName]=$_.NName }
Get-ChildItem -Path $TargetDir -Recurse -Include $Renames.OName |
Rename-Item -NewName {$RenHash[$_.Name]} -WhatIf
Sample output from this years test folder (German locale)
WhatIf: Ausführen des Vorgangs "Datei umbenennen" für das
Ziel "Element: Q:\Test\2019\02\17\test.txt
Ziel: Q:\Test\2019\02\17\Example.txt".
WhatIf: Ausführen des Vorgangs "Datei umbenennen" für das
Ziel "Element: Q:\Test\2019\02\28\file.csv
Ziel: Q:\Test\2019\02\28\File.Csv".
WhatIf: Ausführen des Vorgangs "Datei umbenennen" für das
Ziel "Element: Q:\Test\2019\02\28\test.txt
Ziel: Q:\Test\2019\02\28\Example.txt".
WhatIf: Ausführen des Vorgangs "Datei umbenennen" für das
Ziel "Element: Q:\Test\2019\03\19\sample.csv
Ziel: Q:\Test\2019\03\19\Example.csv".
If the ouput looks OK remove the trailing -WhatIf