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    Hi all,

    I'm wanting to move all matching file names with different extensions to a new folder. I know how to group and print the items that match, but not sure how to move them from there.

    Let's say I have a folder named "Test" with files 1.txt, 2.txt and 1.jpg. I want to move 1.txt and 1.jpg to a new folder called "Destination"

    Here is what I can put into the powershell right now to see which files match up. 

    Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File |
Group-Object -Property Directory,BaseName |
Where-Object Count -gt 1 |
Select-Object Name
    That displays the files that match, but now I need to move them. Any advice? Thanks in advance :)
    Friday, August 11, 2017 4:38 PM

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    This worked for me:

    Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File |
Group-Object -Property Directory,BaseName |
Where-Object Count -gt 1 | foreach-object{
$string = $_.Name.Split(',')
$path = $string[0]
$basename = $string[1].TrimStart(' ')
$items = get-childitem -Path $path -Recurse | ?{$_.name -like $basename + '*'}
foreach($item in $items){
move-item ($path + '\' + $item) -Destination "C:\location"
}
}


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    • Marked as answer by wmc326 Friday, August 11, 2017 5:58 PM
    Friday, August 11, 2017 5:34 PM

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    With that information there is no way to know which files to move.  How do you knw which file to move of a set. You must choose which extension you want to select.

    If the files are truly numeric then just choose the lowest number in the set.

    \_(ツ)_/

    Friday, August 11, 2017 4:49 PM
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    This worked for me:

    Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File |
Group-Object -Property Directory,BaseName |
Where-Object Count -gt 1 | foreach-object{
$string = $_.Name.Split(',')
$path = $string[0]
$basename = $string[1].TrimStart(' ')
$items = get-childitem -Path $path -Recurse | ?{$_.name -like $basename + '*'}
foreach($item in $items){
move-item ($path + '\' + $item) -Destination "C:\location"
}
}


    If you find that my post has answered your question, please mark it as the answer. If you find my post to be helpful in anyway, please click vote as helpful.

    • Marked as answer by wmc326 Friday, August 11, 2017 5:58 PM
    Friday, August 11, 2017 5:34 PM
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    Thank you so much! This does exactly what I needed.
    Friday, August 11, 2017 5:58 PM