how to rename multiple files or remove specific characters on multiple files

this video shows how to remove specific character from many files at once

1. For any type of characters

get-childitem *.txt | ForEach { Move-Item -LiteralPath $_.name $_.name.Replace("old","new")}

2. If file names doesn't contain square bracket.

get-childitem *.txt | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("old","new") }

[JosaxJaz]

Dang, didn't expect this to work. Anyone coming here nowadays, here's a couple of tips:
1. Make sure you're shift + right clicking and not just normal right clicking otherwise it wont work.
2. Somewhat obvious, but replace the "new" with whatever you want it to change to, and the "old" to whatever it currently is. Keep the quotes, however, and to delete the text just leave "new" as "".
3. the .txt needs to be changed accordingly for whatever file extension name you have, like .txt, .bin, .exe, etc.

Good luck!

[JayTavarez]

a million thanks!! just saved me 3 hours of work to remove a simple - from 900 files

[GauravKumar-ffwg]

This video should be on the top of any videos available on editing the file names. Very simple and very clear.

[mrblue]

Thanks a lot man. i have 990 items to rename, within a min i have zero now, . Thanks man

[jayanathanperumal]

It's works, thanks for the video guidance...

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[jju]

Dude holy crap this saved my hours. So sweet

[shubhammuke]

it still help in 2022, well done bro... can we remove initial numbers from file

[kartikprajapat]

how can i do this with file type mkv? please help

[ashazparvez]

Helped me a lot in organising my files

[johnoxley]

The first step doesn't work. When Powershell opens it does not display the directory the files are in, it on displays C:\System 32 and will not change to the correct directory.

[highmidlow]

It Helps Me A Lot Thank You You Got A new Subscriber

[iamcirish]

Thank you so much, TS. It saved my day!

[MemeDilseh]

If i want to remove numbers. How to do?

[jiachuan]

Hi, may I ask is that possible for replace " by using this code?

[Whoaheswims]

I am so lost lol I have a bunch of video files .mp4 that are all titled differently and have (2) at the end of each title that I wanna batch remove. Can u tell me in steps how to do this please?

[iskdr_zq]

what if I want to rename folders? should I use the same command as .txt?

[saivamshikrishnasarala]

how can we do the same in ubuntu using python?

[ryanf]

The filename of all my files starts with four numbers and a space, how can I remove them? I hope you can help me. Thanks

[nishatasgher]

helped me a lot to organize my mp3 files