Note: I’m a beginner to Powershell and a bit more familiar with Bash (though still a beginner for that too).

*I have multiple PDF files and I want to rename each file based on a list of names found in an Excel/CSV (could be a text file if easier) file.

*The list begins at the A2 cell and the A1 cell has the header ‘name’.

*The files are in sequential order and match the order of the list of names.

Thanks for your help!

  • BobTheDestroyerOP
    1·
    3 months ago

    Also I had someone help with a similar task of duplicating a Word file that is renamed from a list of names found in a csv file. What would be the code when a txt file is used?

    Import-csv ‘.\individuals.csv’ | foreach-object {
    $newname = ‘2’ + $_.name + '.docx’
    Copy-item '.\_2023 Summary Page.docx' $newname
}
      • Gurfaild@feddit.de
        2·
        3 months ago

        That will crash if there is more than one line in individuals.txt, because by the second iteration ‘.\_2023 Summary Page.docx’ has been renamed.

          • Gurfaild@feddit.de
            1·
            3 months ago

            Just use Copy-Item instead of Rename-Item if you want multiple identical files with different names

              • Gurfaild@feddit.de
                2·
                3 months ago

                Then the snippet won’t work because it only ever renames/copies the file '_2023 Summary Page.docx'. What are the actual names of the files you want to rename?