Batch Rename Folders How?

mattwestern · 2023-07-02T23:51:34.000Z

I need to rename over 100 folders.

Currently the folder names include a comma. for example:

Week1, Monday

I need to rename this to:

Week1 Monday

I just simply need to remove the comma.

I’d like to be able to do this in Powershell if possible, but any way will be great.

I’ve tried a few things, but I’m not getting anywhere.

Thanks for any help.

dwendel · 2023-07-03T00:12:24.000Z

This should help:

Remove commas from folder names - PowerShell - Spiceworks

Remove-commas-from-folder-names

Neally · 2023-07-03T03:47:45.000Z

10G:

I’ve tried a few things, but I’m not getting anywhere.

Have what you tried where are you stuck?

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cooperjs1 · 2023-07-03T08:32:27.000Z

Have you looked at the PowerRename feature of Microsoft PowerToys?

It maybe able to do what you are looking to do.

graham3827 · 2023-07-03T11:16:23.000Z

I use this quite a lot. I use it on files but it says it will do folders as well.

bulkrenameutility.co.uk

Bulk Rename Utility - Free File Renaming Software

Bulk Rename Utility: Free File Rename Utility for Windows. Bulk Rename Utility allows you to easily batch rename files and folders based upon many flexible criteria. Free Download.

foo · 2023-07-03T12:43:08.000Z

I agree, PowerShell all the way…

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Get-ChildItem (Microsoft.PowerShell.Management) - PowerShell

The Get-ChildItem cmdlet gets the items in one or more specified locations. If the item is a container, it gets the items inside the container, known as child items. You can use the Recurse parameter to get items in all child containers and use the...

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The ForEach-Object cmdlet performs an operation on each item in a collection of input objects. The input objects can be piped to the cmdlet or specified using the InputObject parameter. Starting in Windows PowerShell 3.0, there are two different ways...

https://ss64.com/ps/replace.html

#Get all the sub directories of the main
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Directory | ForEach-Object {
   #do something with each directory.
   Rename-Item $_.FullName -NewName $_.FullName.Replace(",","")
}

From there you can use any variation of string manipulation to get the desired output, in this example I just removed the “,”, but you could add formatted dates, make decisions based on directory name, etc…

adrian_ych · 2023-07-03T13:09:15.000Z

Graham1988:

I use this quite a lot. I use it on files but it says it will do folders as well.

https://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/

up for bulk rename too…

just untick “files” and it work for folders

mattwestern · 2023-07-03T21:22:39.000Z

Thanks everyone, I appreciate the help, I’ll check all the suggestions out, much appreciated.