PowerShell: Rename File to Hash

This script rename all piped files to the file content's hash values.

This is useful when you have downloaded thousands of image files on the internet, and want to make sure you don't have duplicates.

Sample file name: 005662EE35110980CEDC1E5B1CD0E23B329C394A65E9134B2EBD0EAE3EC09DC3.jpg

function xah-rename-to-hash {
    # .DESCRIPTION
    # Rename piped file to the file's hash.
    # must get arg from pipe.
    # if file base name is already hexstring and all caps and length 64, no rename is done.
    # Version 2022-07-26 2022-09-05
    # .EXAMPLE
    # dir -recurse -file -filter *.jpg | xah-rename-to-hash
    # .LINK
    # http://xahlee.info/powershell/powershell_rename_file_to_hash.html

    process {

        if ($null -eq $_) {
            Write-Host "Needs get args from pipe. Nothing is done."
            return
        }

        $leaf = Split-Path -Leaf $_;
        $leafBase = Split-Path -LeafBase $_;

        if ((64 -eq $leafBase.length) -and ($leafBase -cmatch "^[0-9A-F]+$")) {  }
        else {
            # Sample
            # 005662EE35110980CEDC1E5B1CD0E23B329C394A65E9134B2EBD0EAE3EC09DC3

            $ext = Split-Path -Extension $_;
            $newName = (Get-FileHash $_).hash + $ext;
            Write-Host "Renaming`n $leaf to`n $newName"
            Rename-Item $_ $newName
        }
    }
}