How can I say if the folder doesn't contain "Files", ignore it? I have a script i used to Move the items based on the date, but i want to be able to Archive those files not just group them into folders. What i'm looking to do is Compress-Archive files in a Folder based on Month. I am trying to move files with a creation date of 45 days and older to its own folder based on the basename's date. Its copying over empty folders that were created because of their date but they don't contain data. The particular items that the cmdlet can copy depend on the PowerShell provider that exposes the item. So, when the code is run, it should take the 20160612_file1.txt and automatically create and move the file into a folder called 20160612, but do nothing with the other file. It then showed two additional lines to remove that content. Thanks in advance ... PowerShell Printers & Scanners Security VMware Windows OS Windows 7 Windows 10 I need to run a script which will copy a file from one directory to another based on the date it was modified. I wondered if there was a way of copying files, based on their Property “CreationTime” as I can already do with copying spefic file types? This cmdlet doesn't cut or delete the items being copied. I'll explain why that's important in a minute. Copy files based on last modified date (powershell) - gist:4963898 On a Microsoft Windows system, you can find files created before or after a specified date using the Get-ChildItem cmdlet. To use the cmdlet, open a PowerShell window - you can do so on a Windows 10 system by typing powershell in the Cortana "Ask me anything" window, hitting Enter, and then clicking on Windows PowerShell, which should be returned as the best match. Any Ideas? Even if it has a sub folder but no files in that sub folder, it … I am very new to powershell, I started learning yesterday. File copy based on date – noob Welcome › Forums › General PowerShell Q&A › File copy based on date – noob This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 9 years ago by Forums Archives . Let’s say that you want to use a PowerShell script to append the creation date of a series of files to those files’ names (for instance, to replace IMG_2479.jpg with 20160805_2479.jpg). I have been playing around with the “Copy-Item” cmdlet, and like what I can do with it. For instance, it can copy a file to a folder, but it can't copy a file to a certificate drive. What if I want to move the files to the folders based on its creation years. I'm new to powershell, but have been able to create a couple scripts that have really made my life easier. I need to have a bat file copy files with the .log extention to another folder based on files that were created 1 week ago. Basically I have a database dumped into a directory on a daily basis and I want to be able to copy the database from the first of each month to a different directory so that I can delete have all the other files in the folder deleted. For example: The files creation date is 02/10/2017 the script should create the folder 2017 and move the file in the folder 2017. same if the file is created on 26/04/2018 the script should create the folder 2018 and move the file in the folder 2018. The Copy-Item cmdlet copies an item from one location to another location in the same namespace. Just a question. The three zeros after the time are a copy number put there by %%-03.c in the date format. Insert a file’s creation date into its file name using a simple piece of PowerShell scripting. I have a script that copies everything based on the target date. It showed this line in PowerShell to get a list of the files ending in .LOG: Get-Childitem C:\Foldername\*.LOG. Hi, Great Information thanks. 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