What I have so far:

Get-ChildItem -Path "\\Networkdrive\Folder1\PROD- TEST\Successful" -Recurse |
Where-Object name -match '\w{10}_\w{3}' |
Move-Item -destination "\\Networkdrive\Folder1\Archive- TEST\Archive_PROD_TEST\Successful" -Verbose

Inside of : \\Networkdrive\Folder1\PROD- TEST\Successful are folders that look like: 9ce8eab8-cefe-4ec9-9158-ff40612d5c47 and then in them are more folders that have criteria 10 numbers with an underscore (_) and then followed by 3 numbers.

I want to move the 9ce8eab8-cefe-4ec9-9158-ff40612d5c47 folder if any subfolder contains the criteria of 10 characters followed by an _ and then and other 3 characters to \\Networkdrive\Folder1\Archive- TEST\Archive_PROD_TEST\Successful, but I want to leave the Structure and files alone.

Right now the code just grabs the folders inside and then moves them, but leaves the 9ce8eab8-cefe-4ec9-9158-ff40612d5c47 folders alone. I want 9ce8eab8-cefe-4ec9-9158-ff40612d5c47 to be moved too.

CodePudding user response：

Although not really clear what the subfolder naming convention is (you talk about numbers), so below I'm using this pattern: \d{10}_\d{3}.
If however these are HEX digits, you need to use pattern [0-9a-f]{10}_[0-9a-f]{3}

Try:

$sourcePath    = '\\Networkdrive\Folder1\PROD- TEST\Successful'
$destination   = '\\Networkdrive\Folder1\Archive- TEST\Archive_PROD_TEST\Successful'
$folderPattern = '^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$'
$subdirPattern = '\d{10}_\d{3}'  # if the name must match FULLY, use anchors: '^\d{10}_\d{3}$'

Get-ChildItem -Path $sourcePath -Directory | Where-Object {$_.Name -match $folderPattern} | ForEach-Object {
    # capture the folders FullName for when we hit the catch block in case of error
    $targetFolder = $_.FullName
    if (@(Get-ChildItem -Path $targetFolder -Directory | Where-Object { $_.Name -match $subdirPattern }).Count) {
        # one or more subfolders found with name matching the $subdirPattern, so move the folder
        Write-Host "Moving folder '$targetFolder'"
        try {
            Move-Item -Path $targetFolder -Destination $destination -Force -ErrorAction Stop
        }
        catch {
            Write-Warning "Error moving folder '$targetFolder':`r`n$($_.Exception.Message)"
        }
    }
}

CodePudding user response：

Assuming that the folders named XXXXXXXXX_XXX are the immediate children of the folders named XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX, then you can:

1. find the folders that match your desired pattern, and
2. get the Parent property on these objects.

For example, I would use this:

Get-ChildItem -Path "\\Networkdrive\Folder1\PROD-TEST\Successful\*\*" -Directory |
Where-Object name -match '\w{10}_\w{3}' |
Get-ItemPropertyValue -Name Parent |
Move-Item -Destination "\\Networkdrive\Folder1\Archive- TEST\Archive_PROD_TEST\Successful" -Verbose

Note that this simple strategy works only if XXXXXXXXXX_XXX directories are always at the same depth relative to the folders that needs to be moved, because Parent get's you exactly one level.