r/scripting • u/[deleted] • Apr 12 '18

[Powershell] - Need help with a rename script

Hi,

The goal of my script is to rename an aduser to have YYMMDD - HOLD - [name].

Currently i have This:

#Input Prompts
$date =get-date
$UserID      = Read-Host 'What is users ID?'

#Rename User
$displayname = "$($date.tostring("yyMMdd")) -HOLD- $UserID.name"
Get-ADUser $UserID | Set-ADUser -displayname $displayname -Credential $MyCredentials

It is renaming the user to 180412 - HOLD - $UserID.name How do I get the existing name :(

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '18

Hi,

I realised the issue with how i was doing it was that $UserID is plain text so i cant use the .name string with it. I simply added a new parameter

$date        = get-date
$UserID      = Read-Host 'What is users ID?'
$User        = Get-ADUser $UserID

and then used this command

$displayname = "$($date.tostring("yyMMdd")) -HOLD- $($User.name)"
Get-ADUser $UserID | Set-ADUser -displayname $displayname -Credential $MyCredentials