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PeaButter
PeaButter

Reputation: 29

Adding a name to a string with PowerShell

I have a host of files in a folder that are named as a string. I've found some information similar to what I'm trying to do here. I am not replacing existing characters in the string. I would just like to add Quote_ to the beginning of each file name. I have about 1500-2000 files that need altering.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 355

Answers (1)

mwilczynski
mwilczynski

Reputation: 3082

All you need to do is (for current directory):

Get-Childitem | % { Rename-Item $_ "Quote_$_"}

It will add Quote_ to the beginning of every filename in directory you're using cmdlet in.

To ommit files that already have Query_ in their names, we can use simple clause to ommit them before replace:

Get-ChildItem | Where-Object { $_ -NotMatch "Quote_" } | % { Rename-Item $_ "Quote_$_"}

Upvotes: 2

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