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So i have a directory full of folders that i want to move to another area, also i only want to move the folders that were created 30 days ago or more. I have a script that does what i need for files but it doesnt seem to work for folders. Script is below

Script for moving files

 param (
 [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$destinationRoot
 )

$path = (Get-Item -Path ".").FullName

Get-ChildItem -Recurse | ? $_.PSIsContainer 
Where-Object $_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-30) |
Foreach-Object 
 $content = $path + "" + $_.Name

 $year = (Get-Item $content).LastWriteTime.year.ToString()
 $monthNumber = (Get-Item $content).LastWriteTime.month
 $month = (Get-Culture).DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName($monthNumber)

 $destination = $destinationRoot + "" + $year + "" + $month 

 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $destination

 Move-Item -Path $content -Destination $destination -force

The Get-ChildItem portion does not seem to pull directories in like it should.

So looking at the script i decided to change some things up

Function Move-FilesByAge() %
 $Dpath = $Destination + "" + $_.CreationTimeUtc.ToString("yyyy") + "" + $_.CreationTimeUtc.ToString("MMMM")
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $Dpath
 Move-Item $_ -Destination $Dpath -Force
 


Move-FilesByAge -Source C:Test -Destination C:Test2 -AgeLimit (New-TimeSpan -days 30)

This can lead to a major issue. If a folder with the same name exists then it will pop a error that folder exists.

Since you are new to powershell lets go over some basics about this script. In Powershell we love Piping | which you did well in the original. We also a big fan of aliases Where-Object ?, Foreach-Object %.

Get-ChildItem has a built in switch for just returning directories -directory.

You are also using last LastWriteTime when you should be using CreationTime. CreationTimeUtc allows you to standardize your time across timezones by providing a base timezone.

Date.ToString(Date Format Here). IS a great way to shorten how you parse the date as a string. .ToString("yyyy") gets you the year in 4 numbers like 2018. .ToString("MMMM") will get the month by name like March.