Renaming a File or Folder

What can you do with the Rename-Item cmdlet? Well, one thing you can do is rename files or folders; all you have to do is call Rename-Item followed by two parameters:

  • The current path for the file or folder.
  • The new name for the file or folder.

For example, this command renames the file C:\Scripts\Test.txt to C:\Scripts\New_Name.txt:

[crayon-6a6187f753608865974044/]