C#.NET code to move files from one folder/directory to other folder with matching file name

Posted by : Sudhir Chekuri Saturday, 5 October 2013

Here is the C#.NET code written in windows application which move all files with matching file name from one folder to other folder/directory.Source and destination folder paths are taken from the user from two textboxes in this example.abc* is used in the line12 which means all the files with file name that starts with abc are moved.

Use a button and two textboxes.
In buttonclick event call the below method named as movefiles.
textbox1 is used to get source directory/folder path and textbox2 is used to get the destination folder/directory path.

C#.NET code

public void movefiles()
{
try
{
if ((textBox1.Text).Trim() == "" || (textBox2.Text).Trim() == "")
{
MessageBox.Show("Paths shouldn't be empty");
}
else
{
DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(textBox1.Text);
var files = dir.GetFiles("abc*");

int i = files.Count();
if (i > 0)
{

foreach (var file in files)
{
string filename = file.ToString();

string destinationfile = System.IO.Path.Combine(textBox2.Text, filename);

System.IO.File.Move(textBox1.Text + "/" + filename, destinationfile);

}
} MessageBox.Show("Successfully moved from source to destination path");
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{ MessageBox.Show (ex.Message); }
}