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Renaming multiple files based on a list of names

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Renaming multiple files based on a list of names

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Powershell@programming.dev · 8 months ago

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!

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Actually they’re all different files.
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  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?

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