benhar-dev / prompt-convert-list-to-powershell-array-of-filenames

Chat-GPT Prompt

ChatGPT prompt to create a Powershell array containing filenames based on a list of items.

Prompt

Can you provide me with a PowerShell array called $newFileNames containing the updated file names with .mp4 extension and spaces for the following list

Introduction
Getting Started
Installation

Result

$newFileNames = @(
    "Introduction.mp4",
    "Getting Started.mp4",
    "Installation.mp4"
)

Reason for use

This complements the following powershell script which will rename files which are in the form of filename-1, filename-2, filename-3... in to the file names of $newFileNames

# Set the directory path
$dirPath = "C:\temp"

# Get the list of files in the directory
$files = Get-ChildItem $dirPath | Sort-Object {[int]($_.BaseName -split '-')[-1]}

# Set the new file names in the correct order
$newFileNames = @(
    "Introduction.mp4",
    "Getting Started.mp4",
    "Installation.mp4"
)

# Loop through each file and rename it using the corresponding new file name
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $files.Count; $i++) {
    $file = $files[$i]
    $newFileName = $newFileNames[$i]
    Rename-Item $file.FullName -NewName $newFileName
}