Window Powershell
I have log file generated daily. I would like to move the log file from default directory to the folder.
folder named created based on date format when the log generated.
Example, I have multiple log created on 07 Feb 2014/08 Feb 2014 at different times. My idea is to created a folder name with name e.g. 07022014.
Then move the log created on specific date to the folder.
i have difficulty to come up with the idea of how to use log information to create the folder since there are multiple log generated on 07 Feb 2014
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folder named created based on date format when the log generated.
Example, I have multiple log created on 07 Feb 2014/08 Feb 2014 at different times. My idea is to created a folder name with name e.g. 07022014.
Then move the log created on specific date to the folder.
i have difficulty to come up with the idea of how to use log information to create the folder since there are multiple log generated on 07 Feb 2014
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Get-ChildItem -Path X:\your\path -File | % {
$path=$_.DirectoryName
$date = $_.CreationTime.ToString('yyyyMMdd')
if (!(Test-Path -path "$path\$date")) {
New-Item -Path "$path\$date" -ItemType directory
}
Move-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination ("$path\$date\" + $_.Name)
}This will create folders named yearmonthday for each day and move the logs from that day in the folder.
HTH,
Dan
I think either of the guys already have the solution above, I just had to post mine :(
I think the extra overhead in mine, is that it reads twice and I waste time actually parsing for a unique date so that I only create one destination folder.
$dest = "C:\Dest";
$logs = "c:\logfolder";
$dates = @();
gci $logs -Include "*.ext" -recurse | select-object LastWriteTime | % {$dates += ($_.LastWriteTime| get-date -format M-d-yyyy)};
$folderlist = ($dates | sort-object | gu);
$folderlist | % {$nudir= "$dest\$_"; if (!(Test-path $nudir)) {mkdir $nudir}; gci $logs -Include "*.ext" -recurse | % {Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination $nudir " | where {$_.LastWriteTime -like $_}}}I think the extra overhead in mine, is that it reads twice and I waste time actually parsing for a unique date so that I only create one destination folder.
ASKER
Thank you,
before posting, I'm a looking for solution similar to "Group".
before posting, I'm a looking for solution similar to "Group".
Thank you, for providing the complete requirements for the solutions :)
You want to first:
Find all the files by created date (DAY)
Create a folder for that day
Then move/copy all the files with a create date matching that day to the folder ?