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    I was trying to build a script to move specific files from one location to another. When I run this script with powershell it also moves files with the wrong pattern. For example below I would like to move specific file name which names start with 40001- or higher and less then 50000-. 

    Get-ChildItem $path -file  | Where-Object { $_.Name -gt "40001+-*" -and $_.Name -lt "50000+-*" } | Move-Item -destination $path -whatif

    If we have a look to the result, we can see that also filenames which didnt had to be moved like 432412... and 432416... are listed to move while only 40003... twice should had been moved. Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong?

    Result: 

    Mode                LastWriteTime         Length                 Name                                                                                                                        
    ----                -------------         ------ ----                                                                                                                        
    -a----        24-5-2007     10:56         537510               40003-ABS-01022006.pdf                                                                                                      
    -a----       28-11-2013     14:11         163500              40003-DRINK-04122013.pdf                                                                                                    
    -a----        20-9-2018     14:37          40120                432412-cathver-10092018.pdf                                                                                                 
    -a----        11-9-2018     08:32         451972               432416-cathver-11092018.pdf  

    Tuesday, October 2, 2018 1:18 PM

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    you should convert the numeric part to an integer if you want to use GT or it may treat it as a string.
    Tuesday, October 2, 2018 1:34 PM
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    Can you show me the command I need to use? 
    Tuesday, October 2, 2018 2:16 PM
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    $a = "432412-cathver-10092018.pdf"

    $b = [INT]$a.split("-")[0]

    Tuesday, October 2, 2018 2:51 PM
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    Thanks! only next step.. How to move the file then after split it?
    Thursday, October 4, 2018 6:55 AM
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    Below script will get all files from $sourcePath containing a '-' in the file name. It will then check in a foreach loop if the integer value is greater then 40001 and less then 50000. If so, it will move the file to the $destinationPath.

    $sourcePath = "C:\source"
$destinationPath = "C:\destination"

$allItems = Get-ChildItem $sourcePath -File | Where-Object { $_.Name -match '-' }

foreach ($item in $allItems) {
    [int]$fileInt = $item.Name.split("-")[0]
    if($fileInt -gt 40001 -and $fileInt -lt 50000) {
        $item | Move-Item -Destination $destinationPath -WhatIf
    }
}

    Thursday, October 4, 2018 7:47 AM
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    Or if you prefer a 'one-liner'

    $sourcePath = "C:\source"
$destinationPath = "C:\destination"

Get-ChildItem $sourcePath -File | 
    Where-Object { $_.Name -match '-' -and [int]$_.Name.split("-")[0] -gt 40001 -and [int]$_.Name.split("-")[0] -lt 50000 } | 
    Move-Item -Destination $destinationPath -WhatIf

    Thursday, October 4, 2018 7:50 AM
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    Thanks! this works:) 
    Friday, October 5, 2018 6:16 AM