How do I rename a file using VBScript

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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

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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  gt  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  amp      NoLogo    amp  Chr 34   amp      WScript ScriptFullName  amp  Chr 34          WScript Quit     End If  End Function

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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  gt  len n  then           pd   String totalDigits-len n   0    amp  n       else           pd   n       end if    End Function   myDate  Pd DAY date    2   amp      Pd Month date    2   amp      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  amp  f1 name          CFolderName1 f1 name          CFolderName Replace CFolderName1      amp  fso GetExtensionName f1 Path                Msgbox CFileName            MsgBox CFolderName            MsgBox myDate          GFileName fso GetFileName sfolder            strRename  DA009B   amp  CFolderName  amp   20032019           strRename   DA009B   amp  CFolderName  amp     amp  myDate  amp             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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 - gt     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 -- gt      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  amp  Left file Name s-1  amp   txt     Next

[vbscript] How do I rename a file using VBScript?

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