Up till a couple of months ago I would have written this in VBScript no sweat but these days I am writing everything in PowerShell to get my skills up. Thanks for the challenge.

# Make 100 test files (create dir structure first)
1..100 | % ($_){New-Item "c:\scripts\Lfiles\L$_.txt" -type file}

# Rename all files to specification (remove -whatif switch to make it live)
Get-ChildItem c:\scripts\Lfiles | % ($_){rename-item -path $_.fullname -newname (($_.basename -replace "[0-9]", "")+("{0:000}" -f [int]($_.basename -replace "[^0-9]", ""))+($_.extension)) -whatif}

Is it officially retired as they say? I say yes, until all the sp2 machines turn into a zombie army and threaten to take over the world.

BC3Tech wrote:

I don't think it's necessarily "stone age"

I agree, but it is supprising how many newer techs don't know it. I am sure there will come a day when I say, Back in the days when I wrote a vbscript to do that" and be looked at with contempt.

Get a bigger light, brightest wins. I suggest "The Torch" from Wickedlasers, it will force the walkers to have to stop instead.