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user770022
user770022

Reputation: 2959

Add date and time

Get-ChildItem "\\myfileserver\files\folder\999\*" | Rename-Item -NewName { ($_.Name-replace '(?<=^[^_]+)_.+?(?=\.)').Replace(".vfmpclmadj.", ".va.").Replace(".VFMP.",".va.") }

The above changes the file name

Before 999_837I.84146.VFMP.000000384.20210127.121415

After 999.84146.va.000000384.20210127.121415

Now I need to remove 20210127.121415

and add the current date and time.

I need help accomplishing that last piece. Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 136

Answers (1)

mklement0
mklement0

Reputation: 437608

Append another -replace operation:

# Remove the '.20210127.121415' suffix.
PS> '999.84146.va.000000384.20210127.121415' -replace '(\.\d+){2}$'
999.84146.va.000000384

Then re-append a timestamp string suffix in the same format based on the current point in time:

PS> '999.84146.va.000000384' + '.' + (Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd.HHmmss)
999.84146.va.000000384.20210127.165325  # e.g.

Or, preferably, as part of a single -replace operation:

'999.84146.va.000000384.20210127.121415' -replace '(\.\d+){2}$', ".$(Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd.HHmmss)"

Upvotes: 1

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