[OPLINLIST] renaming vast numbers of file names

[Chad Neeper]

No, not impossible at all. Powershell can no doubt handle it, with a little
careful programming. Even the normal Windows console might be able to
handle it with a little creative scripting. However, if you're not able to
get your PS script the way you want it, perhaps you can make use of a
Windows GUI tool instead. Bulk Rename Tool
<http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/45646/bulk-rename-tool-is-a-lightweight-but-powerful-renaming-tool/>
or a similar such tool might do the trick for you. I haven't used it
myself, but it claims to support wildcards, variables, etc...what you'd
need for your purpose.

HTH,
Chad

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On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Gerry Vogel <gvogel at avonlake.lib.oh.us>
wrote:

> Is there any such utility or script that can do this?  Various experts
> have no answer and a Windows Powershell script that was supposed to do the
> job didn't.
>
> I just want to change thousands of file names that are dates in MM-DD-YYYY
> to YYYY-MM-DD.
>
> Impossible, I guess.
>
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