Script to Move Folder Files

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Hi people. I have a share on a machine that has more than 1kk files and the manual copy process becomes unfeasible. I know the command to move these files to another folder, but I would like to move only the files up to 11/2021.

All files have the same extension.

Thanks.

hasanemresatilmis · Answer

Hi&nbsp;Harm_Veenstra,&nbsp;Yes. I wanted it to be all in one script so that people who don't know the move command can benefit from it. 🙂&nbsp;

harm_veenstra · Answer

AngeloLobo_79&nbsp;&nbsp;This searches for all bin files which have been saved before 01/11/2021 as exampleGet-ChildItem -path "c:	emp" -Filter *.bin  -Recurse | Where-Object Lastwritetime -lt '01/11/2021'&nbsp;&nbsp;

hasanemresatilmis · Answer

Hi&nbsp;AngeloLobo_79,&nbsp;The PowerShell script you need is as follows. The script is for files with .txt extension before the specified date.&nbsp;$SourceFolder = "C:\OldFolder"
$DestinationFolder = "C:\NewFolder"
$Items = (Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -filter *.txt -Recurse | Where-Object LastWriteTime -lt '1/11/2021').Name
foreach ($Item in $Items)
{
    Try {
        Get-ChildItem -Path "$SourceFolder\$Item" | Move-Item -Destination $DestinationFolder
        Write-Host "$Item file moved to $DestinationFolder folder."
        }
    Catch
        {
        Write-Host "$Item file could not be moved to $DestinationFolder folder."
        }
}&nbsp;Best Regards.

harm_veenstra · Answer

AngeloLobo_79&nbsp;Did our answers help ?&nbsp;hasanemresatilmis&nbsp;included the file move part, I didn't because you said you already had that part 😉&nbsp;

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