Just words? It's a list of names.
It's just a Notepad text file.
By the way, what would be the equivalent code when using a text file for the list of names rather than a csv file?
Ah, I think that was it. Forgot about the column heading. Thanks for your help!
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.
Actually they're all different files.
I see. Any suggestions on how to correct it?
Yeah it's a pretty simple task and I'm interested in getting more familiar with PS.
Sorry I'm new to this. What exactly do I enter into Powershell for each step?
Thanks for your help, but I had a couple errors pop up when I tried this out. I don't need to input anything in the code you provided, do I?