Powershell copy files based on last modified date & rename them afterwards - powershell

Question

i´ve got little bit stucked with my powershell script.
I would like to run through multiple folders, grab files based on their last modified date and copy them to a new location.
There i have to rename them to a specific convention based on it´s original Filename.
What i wrote only runs through the first part and copy files successfully but not rename them afterwards. Of course when i run the script a second time it renames the files...
File convention is:
120_00001_000_002222_202201_20220124_121833_Formular - Copy.pdf
result should be
2222_120_Memory 01-2022_012022.pdf
this is what i got already
$path = "G:\Temp"
$Target = "K:\Local"
$Max_days = "-60" #Max Days past
$Curr_date = Get-Date
$files = get-childitem $Target *.pdf
Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -Filter 120_*.pdf |
Where-Object {
$_.LastWriteTime `
-gt (Get-Date $Curr_date.AddDays($Max_days)) `
} | ForEach-Object { $_ | Copy-Item -Destination $Target -Force -PassThru }
foreach($pdf in $files)
{
$split = $pdf.name -replace ".pdf" -split "_"
$newname = "$($split[3].TrimStart("0"))_$($split[0])_$("Memory") $($split[4].Substring($split[4].Length - 2, 2))-$($split[5].Substring(0,4))_$($split[4].Substring($split[4].Length - 2, 2))$($split[5].Substring(0,4))$($pdf.Extension)"
write-verbose "Original: $($pdf.name)" -verbose
write-verbose "NewName: $($newname)" -verbose
Rename-Item $pdf.FullName -NewName $newname -verbose
}
Thanks in adavnced
Edited the Question to more precision.

Answer 1

As commented, you could do this in one loop and rename the file while copying.
Try below:
$path = 'G:\Temp'
$Target = 'K:\Local'
$Max_days = -60 # Max Days in the past
$refDate = (Get-Date).AddDays($Max_days).Date # set to midnight
# get the files of interest
Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -Filter '120_*_*_*_*_*_*_*.pdf' -File |
Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -gt $refDate } |
ForEach-Object {
# rename the file to match the new file naming convention
$split = $_.BaseName -split "_"
# just for clarity, using this example:
# '120_00001_000_002222_202201_20220124_121833_Formular - Copy.pdf'
# $split[0] --> 120 used unchanged
# $split[1] --> 00001 unused
# $split[2] --> 000 unused
# $split[3] --> 002222 used without leading zeros
# $split[4] --> 202201 used, only the last two digits (month)
# $split[5] --> 20220124 used, only the first four digits (year)
# $split[6] --> 121833 unused
# $split[7] --> Formular - Copy unused
# these elements are used more than once, so for convenience store in separate variables
$month = $split[4].Substring($split[4].Length - 2, 2)
$year = $split[5].Substring(0,4)
# construct the new file name
$newName = '{0}_{1}_Memory {2}-{3}_{2}{3}{4}' -f $split[3].TrimStart("0"),
$split[0],
$month,
$year,
$_.Extension
# construct the complete target path and filename
$targetFile = Join-Path -Path $Target -ChildPath $newName
# now copy the file with a new name to the target folder
$_ | Copy-Item -Destination $targetFile -Force
}
I've used the -f Format operator to construct the new filename, because I believe this makes the code easier to read.
I did not take into consideration that naming collisions might occur (file with that new name already in the target folder).
If that can happen, you need to tell us what strategy to use.
Perhaps append an index number to the file in brackets like Windows does?