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Move files into a new folder with today's date

I have 20 reports that come weekly. I have a powershell scrip that will create a folder with the date on it. I would like to create a script that will create a new folder each time it runs and then move all the xlsx file into that new folder. For the folder creation I am using 

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "S:\***\***\Reporting\Export\$((Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd'))"

The road block I am running into is finding a way to specify the new folder as the target path for the moving of files.

Solution

  • Store the newly created directory in a variable use that variable for the Destination parameter when moving:

    $destination = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "S:\SOC\Reports\Reporting\Export\$((Get-Date).ToString('yyyy-MM-dd'))"
Move-Item -Path "$SourcePath\*" -Destination $destination