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Help With Filename Comparisons and Output
Hi all, I'm looking for some help if possible. Please bear in mind I am a complete Powershell novice so feel free to dumb things down as appropriate. Also apologies if this is in the wrong sectio...
It would be better to pattern match to remove leading 0's than fix the filename length to 5 chars.
#Set up
# create test directory
new-item c:\temp\hub\demo -itemtype directory
# Move to that directory
sl c:\temp\hub\demo
# create some new files
$null = new-item c:\temp\hub\demo\123.pdf, c:\temp\hub\demo\0234.pdf, c:\temp\hub\demo\00345.pdf, c:\temp\hub\demo\100345.pdf, c:\temp\hub\demo\0034504.pdf
# example
# get all items and then remove leading zeros
get-childitem | split-path -leaf | foreach { $_ -replace '^0*'}