How to bulk rename files in PowerShell?

Question

PowerShell

How to bulk rename files in PowerShell.

There is:

323289402.jpg
273728399.jpg
290322-893.jpg

Need to get:

File_1.jpg
File_2.jpg
File_3.jpg

Answer 1

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\temp -File | foreach {$i=1}{$_ | Rename-Item -NewName "File_$i.jpg" ;$i++}

Answer 2

To "take" files (using get-item, for example) and "feed" them to the Rename-Item cmdlet.