Using Powershell to Move & Rename a File

Question

I was wondering if there is a powershell script I could run as a scheduled task that will perform the following:
Move file from "C:\Program Files (x86)\NCSOFT\Aion\Chat.log"
To "C:\Users\Longstone\Documents\Aion Logs\Chat Log"
Rename the Chat.log in the new location to yearmonth.log (e.x.200910) or any similar descriptive name
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi Nick,
The { } indicate a string formatting placeholder, and the 0 means the first placeholder. The -f is PowerShell's format operator, and the get-date cmdlet returns the current date. The get-date cmdlet is enclosed in ( ) in order to make PowerShell evaluate it
as an expression.
Since you are new to PowerShell, I recommend two books: Windows PowerShell in Action by Bruce Payette and
Windows PowerShell Cookbook by Lee Holmes.
HTH,
Bill
Hey AbqBill,
How do you run this from the command line?
I've tried this in a batch file:
powershell move-item "\\NetworkLocation\ST\Backup.rar" ("\\NetworkLocation\ST\{0:yyyy_MM_dd}.rar" -f (Get-Date))
and it does not work, returns the error:
Unexpected token ':yyyy_MM_dd' in expression or statement.
At line:1 char:140
+ move-item \\NetworkLocation\ST\Backup.rar (\\NetworkLocation\ST\{0:yyyy_MM_dd <<<< }.rar -f (G
et-Date))
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:yyyy_MM_dd:String) [], ParentCont
   ainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken
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What am I doing wrong? or missing?
Thanks