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Scripting the creation of subfolders IF a condition exists
Hi all, i know this has been asked a lot but i cannot find anything for my specific scenario. I have a Windows file share with 1,691 folders, these folders contain numerous subfolders. What i want is to scan each top folder and check for subfolders named A, B and C, if these exist, i then want to go into each of them and create a folder called NEW. What i should end up with is
Folder1 > A > 2018
Folder1 > B > 2018
Folder1 > C > 2018
Folder1 may also contain subfolders D, E and F but i don't want anything to happen to these. Also, Folder1 may only contain subfolder B, if that is the case I do want the 2018 folder to be created.
As i said, i have 1691 folders to scan and they could each contain 3 folders that i need to create a subfolder for so all in all a possible 5073 folder creations. I'd rather not do this manually.
Folder1 > A > 2018
Folder1 > B > 2018
Folder1 > C > 2018
Folder1 may also contain subfolders D, E and F but i don't want anything to happen to these. Also, Folder1 may only contain subfolder B, if that is the case I do want the 2018 folder to be created.
As i said, i have 1691 folders to scan and they could each contain 3 folders that i need to create a subfolder for so all in all a possible 5073 folder creations. I'd rather not do this manually.
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To clarify: "If one of the Parent folders is not found, nothing will happen" means that for each of the parents found the folder creation is performed. It does not mean that all three (or whatever) parents need to exist.
ASKER
Brilliant thank you, i'll test this and let you know.
ASKER
Ok, so i get
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Get-ChildItem : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Directory'.
At line:4 char:39
+ Get-ChildItem -Path $Source -Directory <<<< | ForEach-Object {
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ChildItem], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Mic
}
Get-ChildItem : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Directory'.
At line:4 char:39
+ Get-ChildItem -Path $Source -Directory <<<< | ForEach-Object {
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Get-ChildItem], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Mic
Powershell 2.0? From 2009? Seriously?
$Source = 'C:\Temp'
$NewFolderParents = 'A', 'B', 'C'
$NewFolder = '2018'
Get-ChildItem -Path $Source | Where-Object {$_.PsIsContainer} | ForEach-Object {
ForEach ($Parent In $NewFolderParents) {
If ((Test-Path -Path "$($_.FullName)\$($Parent)") -and (-not (Test-Path -Path "$($_.FullName)\$($Parent)\$($NewFolder)"))) {
New-Item -Path "$($_.FullName)\$($Parent)" -Name $NewFolder -ItemType Directory -WhatIf | Out-Null
}
}
}
ASKER
Ha, sorry, just formatted my PC - new one installing.
ASKER
Excellent thank you, this worked a treat!