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AngeloLobo_79
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Feb 09, 2022

Script to Move Folder Files

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 ...
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hasanemresatilmis
MCT
Feb 11, 2022

Hi AngeloLobo_79,

 

The PowerShell script you need is as follows. The script is for files with .txt extension before the specified date.

 

$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."
        }
}

 

Best Regards.

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