Move files with folders-CodePudding

My Google Drive for an unknown reason creates multiple duplicates of certain files in a format of: filename (2021_02_08 11_22_39 UTC).ext

I would like to move these files on another folder, just in case. I found this thread here which seems similar. Im not quite an expert on regex. Could you please help me out on that?

Regex: [a-zA-Z] ). for searching: UTC).

I suppose it should read something like:

$source = "C:\Dropbox"
$destination = "C:\DropboxDupes"
gci .\Dropbox -Recurse -File | ?{ $_.basename -match "[a-zA-Z] \)\."} | % {

    $destination_filename = $_.fullname.Replace($source, $destination)
    $destination_dir = split-path $destination_filename -Parent
    if(-not (Test-Path $destination_dir -PathType Container)) {
        mkdir $destination_dir | out-null
    }
    move-item $_.fullname $destination_filename
}

CodePudding user response：

Try '\([\d_\s] UTC\)' to match digits, underscore, and space followed by 'UTC' and all enclosed in parentheses.

It is best not to use aliases, use parameter names, and stick with case in scripts.

$source = "C:\Dropbox"
$destination = "C:\DropboxDupes"
Get-ChildItem -Path '.\Dropbox' -Recurse -File |
    Where-Object { $_.BaseName -match '\([\d_\s] UTC\)'} |
    ForEach-Object {
        $destination_filename = $_.FullName.Replace($source, $destination)
        $destination_dir = Split-Path -Path $destination_filename -Parent
        if (-not (Test-Path -Path $destination_dir -PathType Container)) {
            New-Item -Type Directory -Path $destination_dir | Out-Null
        }
        Move-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $destination_filename
    }