How to loop through files and rename using PowerShell?

Question

I would like to rename all the jpg files in a folder to uniform convention like Picture00000001.jpg where 00000001 is a counter.

It would be a walk in the park in C

Answer 1

Try this to get the FilenameWithOutExtension

$f.DirectoryName + "\" + $f.BaseName

Answer 2

You can do this fairly simply in PowerShell:

ls *.jpg | Foreach -Begin {$i=1} `
   -Process {Rename-Item $_ -NewName ("Picture{0:00000000}.jpg" -f $i++) -whatif}

If you're looking for the "basename" and if you're on PowerShell 2.0 just use the Basename property that PowerShell adds to each FileInfo object:

ls *.jpg | Format-Table Basename

Note that on PowerShell 1.0, the PowerShell Community Extensions adds this same Basename property.

If the intent is to append a counter string to the file's basename during the rename operation then try this:

ls *.jpg | Foreach {$i=1} `
   {Rename-Item $_ -NewName ("$($_.Basename){0:00000000#}.jpg" -f $i++) -whatif}