A lame powershell script to rename directories by prepending or appending text.

-sourcedir      [path]      The directory to be modified
-prepend        [string]    Text to prepend to directory name, if switch not passed, nothing prepended
-append         [string]    Text to append to directory name, if switch not passed, nothing will be appended
-recurse        [switch]    Default Off. Recursively do through all subdirectories
-write          [switch]    Default Off. Actually make the changes, by default when you do not pass this switch, you just get a safe preview

Given a directory structure like the one provided in this folder

.\testdir
+---dir1
+---dir2
+---dir3withsub
    +---subdir1
        +---subsubdir1

PS C:\Users\collin\lamename> .\lamename.ps1 -sourcedir .\testdir -prepend 'CLIENTNAME-' -append '-AUDIT1' -recurse
C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\dir1 ==> C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\CLIENTNAME-dir1-AUDIT1
C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\dir2 ==> C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\CLIENTNAME-dir2-AUDIT1
C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\dir3withsub ==> C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\CLIENTNAME-dir3withsub-AUDIT1
C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\dir3withsub\subdir1 ==> C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\dir3withsub\CLIENTNAME-subdir1-AUDIT1
C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\dir3withsub\subdir1\subsubdir1 ==> C:\Users\collin\jmoney\testdir\dir3withsub\subdir1\CLIENTNAME-subsubdir1-AUDIT1

Note the output format: sourcepath ==> destination_after_rename

• Download the .zip of this and extract it somewhere
• Open powershell and navigate to that directory (the goal is to run the script)

I had to run Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned to run scripts like this! I do not know a better way

• Now you can start using the script

.\lamename.ps1 -sourcedir .\testdir -prepend 'BEGINNING-' -append '-AUDIT1' -recurse

Options are denoted with a leading - and their value immediately follows the option after a space

So:

.\lamename.ps1 -sourcedir .\testdir -prepend 'abc'

Sets the option prepend to abc

.\lamename.ps1 -sourcedir .\testdir -append 'xyz'

Sets the option prepend to abc and append to xyz

.\lamename.ps1 -sourcedir .\testdir -append 'xyz' -write

Sets the option prepend to abc and append to xyz and turns write on.

This is how you can compose commands in different ways for different cases.

Remember to actually make changes you must pass the -write, but always test first.

• For something even cooler, could explore: http://www.autohotkey.com/