I am new to Powershell and I am having an issue within a loop that I need assistance with. I am attempting to rename some files that are created as part of the process within the loop. I have tested the code OUTSIDE of the loop and it works fine. However, when I try to put it in the loop, nothing seems to happen.
The files I need to rename are in the following locations… (1)“\MYSERVER\MYCOMPANY\MYFOLDER\ MyPrintouts\EstimateImport\ImportPrintout.txt” (2)“\MYSERVER\MYCOMPANY\MYFOLDER\ MyPrintouts\PostEntries\ImportPostEntries.txt”
I need to tack the date and time on the end. This code works for me OUTSIDE of the loop. I put it in a file I named RenameFiles.ps1
#File location
$ImportPrintout = “\\MYSERVER\MYCOMPANY\MYFOLDER\MyPrintouts\EstimateImport\ImportPrintout.txt”
$ImportPostEntries = “\MYSERVER\MYCOMPANY\MYFOLDER\ MyPrintouts\PostEntries\ImportPostEntries.txt”
#Find and rename the import printouts
Get-ChildItem $ImportPrintout -Filter "ImportPrintout.txt" | ForEach-Object {
Rename-Item $_.FullName "$BackupFolder$($_.BaseName -replace " ", "_" -replace '\..*?$')$(Get-Date -Format "MMddyyyy-HHmmss").txt"}
Get-ChildItem $ImportPostEntries -Filter "ImportPostEntires.txt" | ForEach-Object {
Rename-Item $_.FullName "$BackupFolder$($_.BaseName -replace " ", "_" -replace '\..*?$')$(Get-Date -Format "MMddyyyy-HHmmss").txt"}
This is how I added it to the loop as I want the files renamed BEFORE the next file is processed…
#Define actions after an Event is Detected
$action = {$files = Get-ChildItem -Path $watcher.Path -Filter $watcher.Filter #-Recurse
foreach ($file in $files)
{
#Define variables for log file
$changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType #Your event trigger "Created"
$fileDate = $file.LastWriteTime #Date/Time Estimate was created
#logline contains = Date/Time of import, Created, Date/Time Created, filename
$logline = "$(Get-Date), $changeType, $fileDate, $file"
#Actions to take ==============================================================
#Write details to the log
Add-Content "“\\MYSERVER\MYCOMPANY\MYFOLDER\EstimateImportLog.txt" -value $logline
#Copy the estimate to the "ToBeProcessed" folder
Copy-Item $file.FullName -Destination $copyTo
#Move the estimate to the "EstimateHistory" folder
Move-Item $file.FullName -Destination $moveTo -Force
#Run the powershell script that launches the .bat file that launches the macro
Invoke-Expression "& '\\MYSERVER\MYCOMPANY\MYFOLDER\PSscriptToRunBATfile.ps1'"
#Pause the script for 30 seconds to allow the estimate to finish posting
Start-Sleep -Seconds 30
Invoke-Expression "& '“\\MYSERVER\MYCOMPANY\MYFOLDER\RenameFiles.ps1'"
}
}
This seems to “break” my loop. However, I need this to be done BEFORE going to the next file. How can I accomplish renaming these files before moving on. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
