How to move files from specific folders only using powershell - powershell

Question

My code below moves databases from one location to another location:
$filters = Get-Content "c:\customerName.txt"
$source = "\\Server1\Databases"
$destination = "\\Server2\Databases"
foreach($filter in $filters)
{
Get-Childitem $source -include *.* -Recurse`
| ? {!$_.PsIsContainer -and $_.fullname -match $filter} `
| % {
Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination $destination"\$filter"
}
}
The code works absolutely fine, but I need to change it so that it doesnt move files from a specific folder i.e. \\Server1\Databases\AMG
So am trying to edit the above code as following:
foreach($filter in $filters)
{
Get-Childitem $source -include *.* -Recurse | where {$_.source -notlike *"\\Server1\Databases\AMG"*} `
| ? {!$_.PsIsContainer -and $_.fullname -match $filter} `
| % {
Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination $destination"\$filter"
}
}
But if I run the code, it moves everything including the stuff from \\Server1\Databases\AMG
How can I fix this code to work as it is supposed to? Any ideas?

Answer 1

You need to change:
Get-Childitem $source -include *.* -Recurse | where {$_.source -notlike *"\\Server1\Databases\AMG"*}
To:
Get-Childitem $source -include *.* -Recurse | where {$_.fullname -notlike "*\\Server1\Databases\AMG*"}
There is no .source property returned by Get-Childitem. Instead you could use .fullname which is the full path for each file or folder.
You should put the * wildcard characters inside the quote marks.