Need Help to Create a Folder based off a filename via Powershell - powershell

Question

I have
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E01.mp4
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E02.mp4
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E02.mp4
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S02E01.mp4
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S02E02.mp4
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S02E03.mp4
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S03E01.mp4
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S03E02.mp4
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S03E03.mp4
I want to create
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\Podcasts S01
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\Podcasts S02
\\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\Podcasts S03
And I have a PS Script to create the folders and move the files within it..
I have so far
$Show = Read-Host "Show"
cd "\\192.168.1.90\video\$Show"
Get-ChildItem -Filter "$Show S*.*" -File | ForEach-Object {
$series = $_.Name -replace '.*(S\d{2}).*', '$1'
# create the target path inside the same directory and create if needed
$destination = Join-Path -Path $_.DirectoryName -ChildPath $series
if (!(Test-Path -Path $destination -PathType Container)) {
$null = New-Item -Path $destination -ItemType Directory
}
# move the file to the new path
$_ | Move-Item -Destination $destination -Force
}
This works
\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\S01\MyPodcast S01E01.mp4
I would like to adjust to do
\192.168.1.2\Video\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01\MyPodcast S01E01.mp4
I dont see where in $destination to adjust it

Answer 1

Your code can be simplyfied by getting the list of files in the shared directory \\192.168.1.2\PodCasts and looping through them in a ForEach-Object loop.
Then, get the series number S01, S02 etc. from the file's name, create a folder in the shared directory \\192.168.1.2\PodCasts with that series name and move the file there:
Get-ChildItem -Path '\\192.168.1.2\PodCasts' -Filter 'MyPodcast S*.mp4' -File | ForEach-Object {
$series = $_.Name -replace '.*(S\d{2}).*', '$1'
# or do something like this: $series = ($_.BaseName -split ' ',2)[1].Substring(0,3)
# create the target path inside the same PodCasts directory and create if needed
$destination = Join-Path -Path $_.DirectoryName -ChildPath $series
if (!(Test-Path -Path $destination -PathType Container)) {
$null = New-Item -Path $destination -ItemType Directory
}
# move the file to the new path
$_ | Move-Item -Destination $destination -Force
}
Before:
\\192.168.1.2\PODCASTS
MyPodcast S01E01.mp4
MyPodcast S01E02.mp4
MyPodcast S02E01.mp4
MyPodcast S02E02.mp4
MyPodcast S02E03.mp4
MyPodcast S03E01.mp4
MyPodcast S03E02.mp4
MyPodcast S03E03.mp4
After:
\\192.168.1.2\PODCASTS
+---S01
| MyPodcast S01E01.mp4
| MyPodcast S01E02.mp4
|
+---S02
| MyPodcast S02E01.mp4
| MyPodcast S02E02.mp4
| MyPodcast S02E03.mp4
|
\---S03
MyPodcast S03E01.mp4
MyPodcast S03E02.mp4
MyPodcast S03E03.mp4
P.S. In your example filelist, file 'MyPodcast S01E02.mp4' is doubled

Answer 2

Firstly, never run destructive (New, create, rename, move, delete, update, clear...) code without a validation step.
Is this what you are after?
Clear-Host
#(
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E01.mp4',
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E02.mp4',
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E02.mp4',
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S02E01.mp4',
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S02E02.mp4',
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S02E03.mp4',
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S03E01.mp4',
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S03E02.mp4',
'D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S03E03.mp4'
) |
ForEach {
$SourceFolder = [regex]::matches($PSItem, '.*\\PodCasts').Value
$DestinationFolder = [regex]::matches($PSItem, 'S0\d').Value
If (Test-Path -Path "$SourceFolder\$DestinationFolder")
{
Write-Verbose -Message "Processing $SourceFolder\$DestinationFolder" -verbose
Move-Item -Path $PSItem -Destination $destinationFolder -WhatIf
}
Else
{
Write-Warning -Message "
Attempt to move a file to nonexistent folder, failed.
Creating the resource: $SourceFolder\$DestinationFolder
"
New-Item $DestinationFolder -ItemType Directory -WhatIf
Move-Item -Path $PSItem -Destination $destinationFolder -WhatIf
}
}
# Results
<#
WARNING:
Attempt to move a file to nonexistent folder, failed.
Creating the resource: D:\PodCasts\S01
What if: Performing the operation "Create Directory" on target "Destination: D:\Scripts\S01".
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E01.mp4 Destination: D:\Scripts\S01".
...
#>
If the folder already exists
# Results
<#
VERBOSE: Processing D:\PodCasts\S01
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E01.mp4 Destination: D:\Scripts\S01".
VERBOSE: Processing D:\PodCasts\S01
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S01E02.mp4 Destination: D:\Scripts\S01".
...
WARNING:
Attempt to move a file to nonexistent folder, failed.
Creating the resource: D:\PodCasts\S02
What if: Performing the operation "Create Directory" on target "Destination: D:\Scripts\S02".
What if: Performing the operation "Move File" on target "Item: D:\PodCasts\MyPodcast S02E01.mp4 Destination: D:\Scripts\S02".
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