Copy files modified in the last 5 min with Powershell

Question

_{Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:09 PM}

My case is as below

I am having 

 Source Folder  = E:\AutomationScripts\Framework\Error\Latest File

Target Folder = E:\AutomationScripts\Framework\Error\Updated File

I want to copy all updated files in last 5 min from source folder to target folder

M using the code below:

Get-ChildItem -Path E:\AutomationScripts\Framework\Error\Latest File -Include * |
Where-Object {
  [datetime]::ParseExact($_.BaseName, "yyyyMMddHHmm", $null) -gt (Get-Date).AddMinutes(-5)
} |
Move-Item -Destination E:\AutomationScripts\Framework\Error\Updated File

But it is not working. My Updated File folder is empty always.



Thanks in advance

All replies (3)

_{Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:25 PM ✅Answered | 2 votes}

dates are objects.  Don't look at them like strings.

$_.LastWriteTIme -gt [datetime]::Now.AddMinutes(-5)

\(ツ)_/

_{Friday, March 11, 2016 9:27 AM ✅Answered}

Hi，

Your post mentioned that you'd like to copy the files to the target folder, so I would suggest you to alter the Move-Item to Copy-Item:

$Sourcefolder= "E:\AutomationScripts\Framework\Error\Latest File "
$Targetfolder= "E:\AutomationScripts\Framework\Error\Updated File"
Get-ChildItem -Path $Sourcefolder -Recurse|
Where-Object {
  $_.LastWriteTime -gt [datetime]::Now.AddMinutes(-5)
}| Copy-Item -Destination $Targetfolder

Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Elaine

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_{Thursday, March 10, 2016 8:38 PM}

Thnx JRV.........So my code need to be

Get-ChildItem -Path E:\AutomationScripts\Framework\Error\Latest File -Include * |
Where-Object {
 $_.LastWriteTIme -gt [datetime]::Now.AddMinutes(-5)
} |
Move-Item -Destination E:\AutomationScripts\Framework\Error\Updated File