Question

Im making a script to rename files in a folder using a preprovided prefix combined with an incrimental 6 digit value which when concatenated with the prefix gives the document title.

I need the script to iterate through the file list from a provided folder and alter each file name with the prefix incrimenting the incrimental number each time with the initial provided number being the first incriment.

I am close but i have been having some errors and im not sure where im going wrong. please advise.

Write-host "Please enter prefix:"
[String]$strPrefix = read-host

Write-host "Please enter incrimental value:"
[int]$intInc = read-host

Write-host "Please enter Files folder:"
[String]$strFiles =  "C:\scripts\files"
#$items = Get-ChildItem -Path $strFiles
$items = $strFiles

$intInc

#for each file in $strFiles
foreach ($file in $items )
{
    $newName = $strPrefix + ('0' * (6 - $intInc.ToSTring().Length)) + ($intInc++).ToString()

    if ($extOnly.length -eq 0) 
    {
        Rename-Item New-Name{$file -replace  '$newName'}
    }
    else 
    {
        Write-host "NewName $newName$extOnly"

        Rename-Item New-Name{$file -replace '$newName$extOnly'}
    } #end else

    $file

}#end for

I think im close but something is just making it fall over

Answer 1

Write-host "Please enter prefix:"
[String]$strPrefix = read-host

Write-host "Please enter incrimental value:"
[int]$intInc = read-host

Write-host "Please enter Files folder:"
[String]$strFiles =  "C:\temp\files"

$files = get-childitem $strFiles -recurse

ForEach ($file in $files) {
$intIncPadded = "{0:D6}" -f $intInc
$newName = "$strPrefix$intIncPadded" + $file.Extension
Rename-Item $file.FullName $newName 
$intInc = $intInc + 1
}