How do I rename a file using VBScript? - vbscript

Question

I am trying to rename a file and was using the below code but it does not seem to work. Can someone please tell me why? What is the correct way to rename a file from VBScript?
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt).Name = "Hello.txt"
I am using this thread for reference: Rename files without copying in same folder

Answer 1

You can rename the file using FSO by moving it: MoveFile Method.
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile "A.txt", "B.txt"

Answer 2

I see only one reason your code to not work, missed quote after file name string:
VBScript:
FSO.GetFile("MyFile.txt[missed_quote_here]).Name = "Hello.txt"

Answer 3

Yes you can do that.
Here I am renaming a .exe file to .txt file
rename a file
Dim objFso
Set objFso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFso.MoveFile "D:\testvbs\autorun.exe", "D:\testvbs\autorun.txt"

Answer 4

Rename filename by searching the last character of name. For example,
Original Filename: TestFile.txt_001
Begin Character need to be removed: _
Result: TestFile.txt
Option Explicit
Dim oWSH
Dim vbsInterpreter
Dim arg1 'As String
Dim arg2 'As String
Dim newFilename 'As string
Set oWSH = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
vbsInterpreter = "cscript.exe"
ForceConsole()
arg1 = WScript.Arguments(0)
arg2 = WScript.Arguments(1)
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine "This is a test script."
Dim result
result = InstrRev(arg1, arg2, -1)
If result > 0 then
newFilename = Mid(arg1, 1, result - 1)
Dim Fso
Set Fso = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Fso.MoveFile arg1, newFilename
WScript.StdOut.WriteLine newFilename
End If
Function ForceConsole()
If InStr(LCase(WScript.FullName), vbsInterpreter) = 0 Then
oWSH.Run vbsInterpreter & " //NoLogo " & Chr(34) & WScript.ScriptFullName & Chr(34)
WScript.Quit
End If
End Function

Answer 5

From what I understand, your context is to download from ALM.
In this case, ALM saves the files under:
C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/TD_80/ALM_VERSION/random_string/Attach/artefact_type/ID
where :
ALM_VERSION is the version of your alm installation, e.g 12.53.2.0_952
artefact_type is the type of the artefact, e.g : REQ
ID is the ID of the artefact
Herebelow a code sample which connects to an instance of ALM, domain 'DEFAUT', project 'MY_PROJECT', gets all the attachments from a REQ with id 6 and saves them in c:/tmp. It's ruby code, but it's easy to transcribe to VBSctript
require 'win32ole'
require 'fileutils'
# login to ALM and domain/project
alm_server = ENV['CURRRENT_ALM_SERVER']
tdc = WIN32OLE.new('TDApiOle80.TDConnection')
tdc.InitConnectionEx(alm_server)
username, password = ENV['ALM_CREDENTIALS'].split(':')
tdc.Login(username, password)
tdc.Connect('DEFAULT', 'MY_PROJECT')
# get a handle for the Requirements
reqFact = tdc.ReqFactory
# get Requirement with ID=6
req = reqFact.item(6)
# get a handle for the attachment of REQ
att = req.Attachments
# get a handle for the list of attachements
attList = att.NewList("")
thePath= 'c:/tmp'
# for each attachment:
attList.each do |el|
clientPath = nil
# download the attachment to its default location
el.Load true, clientPath
baseName = File.basename(el.FileName)
dirName = File.dirname(el.FileName)
puts "file downloaded as : #{baseName}\n in Folder #{dirName}"
FileUtils.mkdir_p thePath
puts "now moving #{baseName} to #{thePath}"
FileUtils.mv el.FileName, thePath
end
The output:
=> file downloaded as : REQ_6_20191112_143346.png
=> in Folder C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\TD_80\12.53.2.0_952\e68ab622\Attach\REQ\6
=> now moving REQ_6_20191112_143346.png to c:/tmp

Answer 6

Below code absolutely worked for me to update File extension.
Ex: abc.pdf to abc.txt
Filepath = "Pls mention your Filepath"
Set objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'' Below line of code is to get the object for Folder where list of files are located
Set objFolder = objFso.GetFolder(Filepath)
'' Below line of code used to get the collection object to hold list of files located in the Filepath.
Set FileCollection = objFolder.Files
For Each file In FileCollection
WScript.Echo "File name ->" + file.Name
''Instr used to Return the position of the first occurrence of "." within the File name
s = InStr(1, file.Name, ".",1)
WScript.Echo s
WScript.Echo "Extn --> " + Mid(file.Name, s, Len(file.Name))
'Left(file.Name,s-1) = Used to fetch the file name without extension
' Move method is used to move the file in the Desitnation folder you mentioned
file.Move(Filepath & Left(file.Name,s-1)&".txt")
Next

Answer 7

Rename File using VB SCript.
Create Folder Source and Archive in D : Drive. [You can choose other drive but make change in code from D:\Source to C:\Source in case you create folder in C: Drive]
Save files in Source folder to be renamed.
Save below code and save it as .vbs e.g ChangeFileName.vbs
Run file and the file will be renamed with existing file name and current date
Option Explicit
Dim fso,sfolder,fs,f1,CFileName,strRename,NewFilename,GFileName,CFolderName,CFolderName1,Dfolder,afolder
Dim myDate
myDate =Date
Function pd(n, totalDigits)
if totalDigits > len(n) then
pd = String(totalDigits-len(n),"0") & n
else
pd = n
end if
End Function
myDate=
Pd(DAY(date()),2) & _
Pd(Month(date()),2) & _
YEAR(Date())
'MsgBox ("Create Folders 'Source' 'Destination ' and 'Archive' in D drive. Save PDF files into Source Folder ")
sfolder="D:\Source\"
'Dfolder="D:\Destination\"
afolder="D:\archive\"
Set fso= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set fs= fso.GetFolder(sfolder)
For each f1 in fs.files
CFileName=sfolder & f1.name
CFolderName1=f1.name
CFolderName=Replace(CFolderName1,"." & fso.GetExtensionName(f1.Path),"")
'Msgbox CFileName
'MsgBox CFolderName
'MsgBox myDate
GFileName=fso.GetFileName(sfolder)
'strRename="DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_20032019"
strRename= "DA009B_"& CFolderName &"_"& myDate &""
NewFilename=replace(CFileName,CFolderName,strRename)
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName1 , afolder
fso.MoveFile CFileName , NewFilename
'fso.CopyFile CFolderName, Dfolder
Next
MsgBox "File Renamed Successfully !!! "
Set fso= Nothing
Set fs=Nothing