Powershell: Moving named files to their corresponding folder - powershell

Question

enter image description hereI have a folder which has a bunch of files named: WBF123456, WBF135464, etc. These files need to be moved to the corresponding folder. At the moment I am using the commandline to manually enter the numbers of each file so they get moved, using this code:
$files = $args[0]
mv O:\SCAN\SecSur\*$files.pdf O:\SPG\G*\*\*$files
How can I automate this process?
It needs to identify the number in the filename, then move it to the folder containing the same number.
Any help would be great. Thanks.
I need to get the files on the left, inside the corresponding folders on the right.

Answer 1

Maybe the below solution will help you. You should change $origin_path and $destination_path
$origin_path= "C:\Users\geralexgr\Desktop\kati\files"
$destination_path = "C:\Users\geralexgr\Desktop\kati\folders"
Get-ChildItem $origin_path -Recurse -Include *.txt | ForEach-Object {
$folder = [regex]::Matches($_.Name, "\d+(?!.*\d+)").value
Move-Item $_.FullName $destination_path\$folder
}
The example will place files under the folders that match the numeric regex.
After powershell execution file WBF12 gets inside 12 folder

Answer 2

Apparently the files to move are .pdf files, so what you can do is get a list of those files in the source folder and then loop over that list to create (if needed) the destination subfolder and move the file there.
Try:
$destinationRoot = 'O:\SPG\G\SomeWhere' # enter the root folder destination path here
$filesToMove = Get-ChildItem -Path 'O:\SCAN\SecSur' -Filter '*.pdf' -File
foreach ($file in $filesToMove) {
$numName = $file.BaseName -replace '\D+' # leaving only the numbers
# create the target path for the file
$targetFolder = Join-Path -Path $destinationRoot -ChildPath $numName
# create that subfolder if it does not already exist
$null = New-Item -Path $targetFolder -ItemType Directory -Force
# now, move the file
$file | Move-Item -Destination $targetFolder
}
Seeing your screenshots, this might be a better approach for you.
$destinationRoot = 'O:\SPG\G\SomeWhere' # enter the root folder destination path here
# get a list of target folders for the files to be moved to and create a lookupHashtable from their names
$targets = #{}
Get-ChildItem -Path $destinationRoot -Directory | Where-Object {$_.Name -match '(\d+)'} | ForEach-Object {
$targets[$matches[1]] = $_.FullName # key is the number, value is the directory fullname
}
# get a list of files to move
$filesToMove = Get-ChildItem -Path 'O:\SCAN\SecSur' -Filter '*.pdf' -File | Where-Object {$_.Name -match '\d+'}
foreach ($file in $filesToMove) {
$numName = $file.BaseName -replace '\D+' # leaving only the numbers
# see if we have a target folder with that same number in its name
if ($targets.ContainsKey($numName)) {
$targetFolder = $targets[$numName]
Write-Host "Moving file $($file.Name) to $targetFolder"
$file | Move-Item -Destination $targetFolder
}
else {
Write-Warning "Could not find a destination folder for file $($file.Name).."
}
}