PS Script To Rename File Using CSV - Filename Is Containing IP Address And Needs To Be Host Name

Question

Hello All,
I am currently working with PDF reports which are named "TEMXX.XX.XXX.XX_141215.pdf", XX.XX.XXX.XX is an IP address. I have created a CSV which contains two columns, ColumnA = IPAddress ColumnB = HostName. I would like to remove the existing title
of the file, and rename it as "ColumnB.pdf".
The only two commands which come to mind are:
get-childitem *.pdf | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("TEM", "") }
get-childitem *.pdf | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("_141215", "") }
The above commands are of course to remove the unwanted "TEM" and "_141215" but I cannot seem to figure out how to just rename files as ColumnB.pdf.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :).

Answer 1

Hello All,
I performed the following but it did not execute, just returned the prompt. The final ps1 file was saved and ran as follows:
$lines = Import-Csvservers.csv
ForEach($line in $lines){
get-childitem *.pdf |where {$_.name -eq $line.ColumnA}|Rename-Item -NewName $line.ColumnB
CSV file named servers.csv displayed as follows:
ColumnA,ColumnB
192.168.1.2,SERVER1
192.168.1.3,SERVER2
Files in Explorer displayed as follows:
ray192.168.1.2_2015.pdf
ray192.168.1.3_2015.pdf
As indicated above the filename should be finalized as:
SERVER1.pdf
SERVER2.pdf
Any help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated.