Rename wmv files from text file

Question

I have folder which have 21 wmv files (01,02 ..21).i have text file which have titles for this wmv files. how do i call the text files and rename the wmv files using powershell. below is the code and there is second link for another powershell code which has similar request as mine but doesn't work for me. let me know if needed more clarity

get-childItem *.wmv | rename-item -newname { $_.name -replace '_',' ' 
-replace '\d{4}', '($0)' }

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Show sample contents from the text file. Please use a spell checker, the question is hard to parse with all the typos. — vonPryz, Dec 23 '13 at 19:55
Using punctuation in your question would help people actually understand your question as well. — forgivenson, Dec 23 '13 at 20:21
the contents of text file are Getting Started with Administration Fundamentals Different Types of cluster hyper-v differnce thanks for the help let me know if you need something — user3130604, Dec 23 '13 at 21:13

Rahul · Answer 1 · 2013-12-23T22:17:57.660

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Try something like below:

cd <your path>:\<wmv folder name>

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

edited Dec 23 '13 at 22:17

answered Dec 23 '13 at 20:23

Rahul

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Do you mean `"new_name{0}.wmv"` ? `$i` is unused atm. – Frode F. Dec 23 '13 at 22:15
but how do i get the text file which has all subtitles ? – user3130604 Dec 23 '13 at 22:31
it doesn't work if i use something like this ls *.wmv | Foreach -Begin {$i=gc .\test.txt} ` -Process {Rename-Item $_ -NewName ("new_name{0}.wmv" -f $i) -whatif} – user3130604 Dec 23 '13 at 23:51

Rename wmv files from text file

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