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• GBeezy

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  August 18, 2014 at 7:40 am

  #289171

  Hopefully this posts is okay here...

  I am trying to write a PowerShell script to rename some files, but am having some trouble.

  I've got the following file:

  cust140817.fco

  In the following directory:

  C:\Temp\Cust

  I want the file named changed to the following:

  cust140818.fco

  Pretty much just need one added to the "dd" part of the date.

  I have the following script:

  #enter the directory you want to rename the files of

  $mydir = 'C:\Temp\Cust\*.fco'

  $today = get-date

  $yesterdayShortDate = $today.ToShortDateString() -replace '/', '_'

  #no confirmation/undo after running this. Make sure you have the correct directory in the $myDir variable

  get-childitem $mydir -recurse | where {$_.attributes -ne 'Directory'} | ? { $newname = ($_.name -replace $_.extension, '') + '_' +$yesterdayShortDate + $_.extension

  rename-item $_.fullname $newname}

  The result of the above is:

  cust140817_8_18_2014.fco

  If anyone could provide some guidance on this, I would greatly appreciate it!!