Powershell code to move files

Question

I have this for my code:

get-childitem -Path "location1" -Recurse | where-object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (get-date).AddDays(-365)} | move-item -destination "NewLocation1"

get-childitem -Path "Location2" -Recurse | where-object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (get-date).AddDays(-365)} | move-item -destination "NewLocation2"

get-childitem -Path "Location3" -Recurse | where-object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (get-date).AddDays(-365)} | move-item -destination "NewLocation3"

Real basic question. Does powershell run each task separate are all at once? Will the move from Location2 to NewLocation2 happen after the move to NewLocation1 has finished or does all of this run at once?

Esperento57 Esperento57 · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-28T09:55:54

why not do it in one task? Something like this

  [PSObject[]]$Myarray = New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Location="C:\temp"; Destination="C:\tmp4"}
  $Myarray += New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Location="C:\temp2"; Destination="C:\tmp5"}
  $Myarray += New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Location="C:\temp3"; Destination="C:\tmp6"}

  $Myarray | %{get-childitem -Path ($_.Location) -Recurse | where-object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (get-date).AddDays(-365)} | move-item -destination $_.Destination -Force}

if you want run in multi task you can do it

  [PSObject[]]$Myarray = New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Location="C:\temp"; Destination="C:\tmp4"}
  $Myarray += New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Location="C:\temp2"; Destination="C:\tmp5"}
  $Myarray += New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Location="C:\temp3"; Destination="C:\tmp6"}

  $Myarray | %{Start-Job -ScriptBlock {get-childitem -Path ($_.Location) -Recurse | where-object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (get-date).AddDays(-365)} | move-item -destination $_.Destination -Force}}

you can see state then like this

  Get-Job

Powershell code to move files

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