We can make use of the Rename-Item cmdlet to rename files in PowerShell. You can find this cmdlet under Microsoft.PowerShell.Management module.
Syntax:
Rename-Item
-LiteralPath <String>
[-NewName] <String>
[-Force]
[-PassThru]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
Let's take a look at a few examples,
Example 1: One-Liner
PS> Rename-Item ./data_2023_draft.csv -NewName ./data_2023.csv
Rename with Path
PS> Rename-Item -Path D:/files/data_2023_draft.csv -NewName D:/files/data_2023.csv
Example 2: Rename a file using Script
<#
Code2care.org PowerShell Examples
Script to rename a file.
#>
$oldFileName = Read-Host "Enter File Name with Absolute Path To Rename "
$newFileName = Read-Host "Enter a new name for the file "
Rename-Item -Path $oldFileName -NewName $newFileName
Facing issues? Have Questions? Post them here! I am happy to answer!
Author Info:
Rakesh (He/Him) has over 14+ years of experience in Web and Application development. He is the author of insightful How-To articles for Code2care.
Follow him on: X
You can also reach out to him via e-mail: rakesh@code2care.org
More Posts related to Powershell,
- How to upgrade PowerShell on Mac
- How to install AWS CLI 2 on Windows 11 using PowerShell
- How to switch to Powershell on Mac Terminal
- How to connect to Microsoft Exchange Online using PowerShell
- How to Check PowerShell Version? [Windows/Mac/Linux]
- How to Comment out Code in PowerShell Script
- How to Identify installed PowerShell version
- How to install PowerShell on macOS
- Open PowerShell Terminal in Visual Studio Code (VSCode)
- PowerShell ps1 script is not digitally signed, you cannot run this script on the current system
- Update Powershell Using Command Line
- PowerShell 1..10 foreach Example
- PowerShell Fix: Get-Help cannot find the Help files for this cmdlet on this computer
- List of PowerShell Cmdlet Commands for Mac
- Help or Man equivalent in PowerShell
- PowerShell SubString with Examples
- PowerShell: How to Get Folder Size
- PowerShell Traditional For Loop Example
- PowerShell Switch Statement with Examples
- PowerShell Concatenate String Examples
- PowerShell For Each Loop Examples
- PowerShell: Grep Command Alternative - Select-String
- How to delete a file using PowerShell [Windows/macOS]
- Fix: nano is not recognized as an internal or external command - Windows PowerShell
- PowerShell on Mac: The term get-service is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program
More Posts:
- How to Enable StandBy Mode on iPhone with iOS 17 - iOS
- How to URL Encode Data for a cURL Request Parameters - cURL
- Convert java.time.LocalTime to java.util.Date Object - Java
- Rounded Images in Bootstrap framework - Bootstrap
- Setting up Cloud feature with Notepad++ - NotepadPlusPlus
- List of 60 useful FTP Client Commands to access server - FTP
- Python: Replace the First Occurrence of String in a String - Python
- 34: Traverse a List in Reverse Order - 1000+ Python Programming - Python-Programs