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== gpt-5 ==
=== User: Help me with an inline Powershell command to rename bunch of files, which has 'Snapchat-' in it while keeping the rest … ===
Help me with an inline Powershell command to rename bunch of files, which has 'Snapchat-' in it while keeping the rest as it is. I want the 'Snapchat-' to be replaced by 'IMG_' followed by the date in the YYYYMMDD format and then the rest as it is. You can take the date from the files metadata individually.

=== Assistant: Got it 👍 — you want a single-line PowerShell command that: ===
Got it 👍 — you want a single-line PowerShell command that:
* Finds all files with "Snapchat-" in the name.
* Extracts each file’s metadata date (from the Date column, not creation/modification date).
* Renames the file so that "Snapchat-" becomes "IMG_<YYYYMMDD>_" while keeping the rest of the original name.

Here’s the exact inline PowerShell command you can run in the folder:

<syntaxhighlight lang="powershell">Get-ChildItem -File | Where-Object { $_.Name -like '''Snapchat-''' } | ForEach-Object {
    $date = (Get-ItemProperty $_.FullName -Name Date).Date.ToString('yyyyMMdd')
    $newName = $_.Name -replace 'Snapchat-', "IMG_$date<code>_"
    Rename-Item $_.FullName -NewName $newName
}

</syntaxhighlight>

===== - Get-ChildItem -File — lists all files in the current directory. =====
'' Where-Object { $_.Name -like '''Snapchat-*' } — filters only the files that contain “Snapchat-”.
* (Get-ItemProperty $_.FullName -Name Date) — reads the metadata “Date” column (the one visible in File Explorer, which reflects content date for photos/videos).
* .ToString('yyyyMMdd') — formats that date to YYYYMMDD.
* -replace 'Snapchat-', "IMG_$date"</code>— replaces the “Snapchat-” prefix with<code>IMG_YYYYMMDD</code>.
* Rename-Item — renames the file in place.

===== If you have: =====

<syntaxhighlight>Snapchat-12345.jpg   (Date: 2023-07-14)
Snapchat-98765.mp4   (Date: 2024-02-01)

</syntaxhighlight>

After running:

<syntaxhighlight>IMG_20230714_12345.jpg
IMG_20240201_98765.mp4

</syntaxhighlight>

Would you like it to also search through subfolders recursively?
If yes, I’ll tweak it to handle that too.