Powershell compare if statement not working

Question

I am writing PowerShell script that will look at txt file $file_list and then compare filename within that file to files within a /bin directory.

If they match it will then move that file to a specified folder $destination_folder .

The issue is that the if statement is not executing - it will attempt to move all the files from the /bin to $destination_folder .

$file_list = Get-Content "C:\files\Patching\Worker\list.txt"
$search_folder = “C:\Program Files\NetBrain\Worker Server\bin”
$destination_folder = “C:\files\Patching\Backups”


foreach ($item in $file_list) {
  $file_to_move = Get-ChildItem -Path $search_folder -Filter $file -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force | % { $_.FullName}
  $destination_folder = “C:\files\Patching\Backups”

  if ($file_to_move.name -like $item) {
    Move-Item $file_to_move $destination_folder
  }
}

Answer 1

I found the fix. I was not parsing through the Get-ChildItem call properly. To correct this a nested foreach{} is needed.

$file_list = Get-Content "C:\files\Patching\Worker\list.txt"
$bin_folder = "C:\Program Files\NetBrain\Worker Server\bin"
$backups_folder = "C:\files\Patching\Backups"

#Move files from bin to backup
foreach ($item in $file_list) {

 foreach ($file in Get-ChildItem $bin_folder) {

   if ($file -like $item) {
      $file_to_move = "C:\Program Files\NetBrain\Worker Server\bin\$file"
      Move-Item $file_to_move $backups_folder
      Add-Content $output_file "$file_to_move"
   }
}

}