Ah, I think that was it. Forgot about the column heading. Thanks for your help!
BobTheDestroyer
Just figured it out! Added '.pdf' in the second half of the command.
$names = cat "\path\to\names.txt"; $i=0; dir | % { ren $_ "$($names[$i]).pdf"; $i++ }
Thanks for all your help!
So it sort of worked in that it outputed a bunch of files with the names but with blank icons and not the Adobe icons. Powershell also had an error for each list item that looked like the following:
Rename-Item : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'NewName' because it is an empty string.
At line:1 char:86
+ ... ads\individuals.txt"; $i=0; dir | % { ren $_ "$($names[$i])"; $i++ }
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Rename-Item], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorEmptyStringNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Rena
meItemCommand
Maybe the command needs '.pdf' somewhere?
Hey this worked for me yesterday but now I'm having trouble getting it to work again. It just outputs a Word doc titled '.docx' now.
It manages to output one file titled 'name; 0++'
Actually they're all different files.
I see. Any suggestions on how to correct it?
Thanks but PS closes so I assume it ran into an error. I'm not sure why because there is the same number of files and list items. I doublechecked to make sure.
Also I had someone help with a similar task of duplicating a Word file that is renamed from a list of names found in a csv file. What would be the code when a txt file is used?
Import-csv ‘.\individuals.csv’ | foreach-object {
$newname = ‘2’ + $_.name + '.docx’
Copy-item '.\_2023 Summary Page.docx' $newname
}
Yeah it's a pretty simple task and I'm interested in getting more familiar with PS.
Thanks but I'm getting a 'Cannot create a file when that file already exists.' error. I checked the path so I am certain it is correct.
By the way, what would be the equivalent code when using a text file for the list of names rather than a csv file?