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Rizzzler
Rizzzler

Reputation: 193

create folder for each file and move file into folder

I need a command that can be run from the powershell to create a folder for each file (based on the file-name) in a directory and then move the file into the newly created folders.

Example :

Starting Folder:

Dog.jpg
Cat.jpg

The following command works great at creating a folder for each filename in the current working directory.

Result Folder:

\Dog\ \Cat\

Dog.jpg
Cat.jpg

What I want to achieve is:

\Dog\Dog.jpg
\Cat\Cat.jpg

Can someone help me with this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1376

Answers (1)

Dan Stef
Dan Stef

Reputation: 793

I would try something like this:

Function Create-FolderAndMoveFile
{
    param(
        [string]$folder
    )

    $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $folder -Filter *.jpg

    foreach($file in $files)
    {
        $dir = [io.path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension("$file")
        $dest = $("$folder\$dir")
        New-Item $dest -ItemType Directory

        Move-Item -Path $file.Fullname -Destination $dest
    }
}

Then you can call this function like Create-FolderAndMoveFile -folder C:\YourSuperAwesomePath\and it will create a folder for every .jpg file there is..

Hope this helps

Upvotes: 1

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