Script to move multiple folders base on a text file

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mike8332 Posted: 04-10-2012 3:59 PM

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I just started looking into PS, so my knowledge on PS is close to none.

I need a PS script to 
1. look into a text file on C:\ that contains folder names.
2. use that text file and see if some of those folders are in location A (D:\Folder1\folder2)
3. move those folders that exists in the text file and location A to location B (D:\Folder1)

Thank you in advance.

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Damian Burne replied on 04-10-2012 6:17 PM

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Hi there

What about something like this?

$text = gc C:\foldernames.txt
$dir = Get-ChildItem D:\Folder1\folder2

foreach ($item in $text) {
  foreach ($folder in $dir) {
    if ($folder.name -like $item) {
      Move-Item "D:\Folder1\folder2\$item" 'D:\Folder1'
      Write-Host "Folder $item moved successfully"
      [array]$totalitems += $item
      break
      }
    }
  }

""
"Folders moved: $totalitems"

You will also have a variable $totalitems with a collection of the folders that were successfully moved.

Hope it helps.

D.

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mike8332 replied on 04-11-2012 12:43 PM

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Thank you I'll give it a try.