CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershell
sreddy
sreddy

Reputation: 11

is there any way to move files at once different locatios in powershell

tried this

Get-ChildItem -Path P:\Users\SMarri\Desktop\testingPS -Recurse |? {($_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-1))} | move-item -destination "P:\Users\SMarri\Desktop\testing" ,"P:\Users\SMarri\Desktop\C"

Getting below error

Move-Item : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 'System.String' required by parameter 'Destination'. Specified method is not supported.
At line:1 char:140
+ ... destination "P:\Users\SMarri\Desktop\testing" ,"P:\Users\SMarri\Deskt ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Move-Item], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CannotConvertArgument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand

Upvotes: 1

Views: 45

Answers (1)

Mathias R. Jessen
Mathias R. Jessen

Reputation: 174435

You can chain multiple Move-Item/Copy-Item commands by using the -PassThru parameter switch:

Get-ChildItem -Path P:\Users\SMarri\Desktop\testingPS -Recurse |Where-Object {
    $_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)
} |Move-item -Destination "P:\Users\SMarri\Desktop\testing" -PassThru |Copy-Item -Destination "P:\Users\SMarri\Desktop\C"

-PassThru causes Move-Item to output the file after the move operation, making it available for Copy-Item to copy.

Upvotes: 4

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