Append MMYYYY to File to Copy

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Append MMYYYY to File to Copy

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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July 31, 2023 at 8:55 pm

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OK, not as clean as you may like, but just saw this. Here's what I'd do:

$source="c:\fileloading" #location of starting directory
$destination="c:\filecopy"; #location where files will be copied to
$files="*dys_ihhist*" #files matching this pattern

# write a powershell command to get a list of files in $source matching the $files pattern
$a = get-childitem $source -filter $files
$a | foreach {write-host $($_.basename)-$(get-date -f yyyyMMdd)$($_.extension)}

# write a powershell command to copy files from source to destination appending the date to the filename
$a | foreach {copy-item $_.fullname $destination\$($_.basename)-$(get-date -f yyyyMMdd)$($_.extension)}

I don't see the need for $files to do more than be a string and I find -filter works well here. Then I added a debug line for you wiht the foreach{write-host} to see the list of files with the extension. Basename is the name without the extension, which you are modifying to add the date stamp. I added dd, because I expect possible collissions with yyyymm, but I could be wrong. Up to you.

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Bruin SSCrazy Points: 2058 More actions · Answer 1

$source="c:\fileloading" #location of starting directory
$destination="c:\filecopy"; #location where files will be copied to
$files=@("*dys_ihhist*")

Get-ChildItem -recurse ($source) -include ($files) | Copy-Item -Destination ($destination + ($file.BaseName + "_" + (Get-Date -Format "MMyyyy") + $file.Extension ))

I ran this no error, but didn't do anything

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004324 More actions · Answer 2

Jason A. Long wrote:

I don't see where anyone has already said it, so I'll say it… “MMYYYY” is a date format to avoid. Using “YYYYMM” instead will allow you to actually sort those files chronologically.

+1000 😉

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