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Windows Server 2019 - renaming files with some naming convention

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We received a ton of files from our sponsor and the files are all formatted like this

[ABCD] Title - Id - Description [RS][x264][CHKSUM].txt

I could manually rename one at a time but there are more than 500 files that are sent on a weekly basis.

RS - Reviewer Signature (usually the same person) CHKSUM - for the file or something.

What I need is the following

Title - Id - Description.txt

I need to have the [ABCD] and anything after [RS] removed but before the .txt

I am open to suggestions (powershell, or 3rd party app)

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Lee_Dailey
split on the `][` chars and take the part that you want from that list.
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Here is an example of renaming the files with PowerShell

$files = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\SponsorFiles" -Filter *.txt
foreach ($file in $files) {
    #remove square brackets and spaces
    $newName = $file.name -replace ' *(\[.+?\]) *'
    #Remove WhatIf if output is as expected
    Rename-Item -LiteralPath $file.FullName -NewName $newName -WhatIf
}
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