

The interface is somewhat busy but it's super powerful and allows multiple rename operations on a group of files in a single transaction plus a preview. Select the file with a single click, pause for a second, and then click one more time. if you copy the above command and now want to use it to change the extension of '.xml' files) is no longer required in two places. I use Bulk Rename Utility from TGRMN (available here) which is free for personal, private or home use, comes in 32 and 64 bit versions, and is available in 'installed' or 'portable versions. Fire up File Explorer by pressing Windows+E, and navigate to a directory with either a file or folder to rename. This rename shortcut key can be used both to speed up the renaming process or to change the names for a batch of files in one go, depending on the desired results. Select the first file and then press F2 on your keyboard.

That is, there is no need to filter before the pipe if our regex sufficiently filters after the pipe. First, open File Explorer and browse to the folder containing the files you wish to rename. Click on the search bar in the Extensions panel and write open in browser. Go to the toolbar on the left and select Extensions. From example 4 in the help documentation of Rename-Item retrieved with the command: get-help Rename-Item -examplesĮxample: Get-ChildItem *.txt| Rename-Item -NewName Using the Visual Studio Code Editor, open the desired file.
