Move
Move file (mv, move, mi)
Move-Item src.txt dst.txt
Move file:
move src.txt dst.txt
Renames (effectively moves) a file within the same directory.
Not applicable for moving to different directories.
ren C:\source\file.txt C:\destination\file.txt
Uses Robocopy to move a file by copying it to the destination and then deleting it from the source.
robocopy C:\source C:\destination file.txt /MOV
Moves a file using .NET's System.IO.File class in a PowerShell script.
[System.IO.File]::Move("C:\source\file.txt", "C:\destination\file.txt")
Moves a file by copying it with attributes and then deleting the source file.
Note: This is technically a copy operation followed by a delete, but achieves the move effect.
xcopy C:\source\file.txt C:\destination\file.txt /O /X /Y /H /K && del C:\source\file.txt
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