I am using a script to rename files with extension .xml. I need to remove the first 6 characters and truncate the file name to only 11 characters. So far I have script:
Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.xml" | Rename-Item -newname { $_.name.substring(6)}
How am I able to also have this script remove any characters in the string that are in place 11 or after?
For example a file with name: export12345678910112.xml will result in 12345678910.xml.
The length of the file name is always required to be only 11 characters excluding the extension.
Using the -replace operator with a regular expression is probably the best choice:
Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.xml" |
Rename-Item -newname { $_.name -replace '^.{6}(.{11}).*(\.xml)$', '$1$2' } -WhatIf
-WhatIf previews the renaming operation; remove it to perform actual renaming.
To demonstrate the solution with your sample filename:
> 'export12345678910112.xml' -replace '^.{6}(.{11}).*(\.xml)$', '$1$2'
12345678910.xml