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!

  • Gurfaild@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    I have no idea why this wouldn’t work on your machine - I’ve tested it on mine and it works fine. So maybe you have overlooked some small things:

    • If there are any other PDFs in the directory that you don’t want to rename, then the list of files is longer than the list of names.

    • If the PS window closes completely, you might have typed it into the terminal instead of running it as a script - then the problem might just be that you closed the if block too early, so PS immediately executes the exit command.

    • If your list of new names contains a column label like in a one-column CSV, then it has one more line than there are files.