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toolshed
toolshed

Reputation: 2029

Is there a single PowerShell command to copy and rename files?

I am using the following command to copy files from a network share to my local hard drive based on a CSV file.

import-csv C:\TEST\test.csv | foreach {copy-item -path $_.npath -destination 'C:\TEST\'}

The next step would be to then use a different CSV file to rename these files based on their current file name.

Is there a command that will allow me to copy and item and rename it as well?

Upvotes: 42

Views: 143507

Answers (3)

Bindo
Bindo

Reputation: 11

The good option would be to copy the source using $file.FullName and remember about the $file.Extention included in the -Destination parameter if not a folder.

$file = Get-ChildItem -Path . -Name "name"
Copy-Item -Path $file.FullName -Destination "$($new_name)$($file.Extention)"

Upvotes: 0

Frode F.
Frode F.

Reputation: 54981

If you have a CSV containing two columns, oldfilepath and newfilename, then you can use the following.

Import-Csv C:\test.csv | % { Copy-Item -Path $_.oldfilepath -Destination "C:\TEST\$($_.newfilename)" }

Notice how the $_.newfilename is encapsulated inside a $(). That's because $_.newfilename is an expression (since we are getting a property out of the variable), and not a variable. $() tells PowerShell to solve the expression before using it in the string. If we don't use it, it would have used the whole csv-object for that row($_) as a string and returned an error.

Upvotes: 46

Taz
Taz

Reputation: 1315

If your original CSV also had the new name in it, you would be able to use it to specify a filename onto the end of your copy path. The copy-item CMDlet allows you to specify the destination filename

Copy-Item C:\TEST\file1.jpg C:\TEST\file2.jpg

Will copy file1.jpg and rename it to file2.jpg

To concatenate the variable onto the end of the path string, you'd use double quotes like this:

Copy-Item C:\Path\To\File\file.ext "C:\Path\To\New\File\$newfilename"

Note that the -path and -destination aren't really necessary as they're implied by the position.

Upvotes: 31

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