Renaming multiple files based on a list of names

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!

You're viewing a single thread.

23 comments

Are you only interested in using Powershell? There’s a FOSS utility called PowerRename (part of PowerToys) which uses find/replace and RegEx to let you batch rename a group of files: MS Learn - PowerRename
- Yeah it's a pretty simple task and I'm interested in getting more familiar with PS.

You've viewed 23 comments.