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PowerShell script to rename files ordered by last modified date
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Rename-ItemsByLastWriteTime.ps1
$files = Get-ChildItem | Sort-Object LastWriteTime
For ($i=0; $i -lt $files.Length; $i++) {
$from = $files[$i].Name
$to = "$($i.ToString('000')) $from"
Write-Host "Renaming `"$from`" to `"$to`""
Rename-Item $from $to
}
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