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file move

Moves a file to another location using the Microsoft Graph

Usage​

m365 file move [options]

Options​

-u, --webUrl <webUrl>

The URL of the site where the file is located.

-s, --sourceUrl <sourceUrl>

Server-relative or absolute URL of the file.

-t, --targetUrl <targetUrl>

Server-relative or absolute URL of the location.

--newName [newName]

New name of the destination file.

--nameConflictBehavior [nameConflictBehavior]

Behavior when a document with the same name is already present at the destination. Possible values: fail, replace, rename. Default is fail.

-h, --help [help]

Output usage information. Optionally, specify which section of command's help you want to see. Allowed values are options, examples, remarks, permissions, response, full. Default is options.

--query [query]

JMESPath query string. See http://jmespath.org/ for more information and examples.

-o, --output [output]

Output type. json, text, csv, md, none. Default json.

--verbose

Runs command with verbose logging.

--debug

Runs command with debug logging.

Remarks​

  • If the source and target locations are within the same document library or drive, the command will utilize the Move DriveItem API, preserving the version history of the file.
  • If the source and target locations are in different document libraries or drives, the command will use a copy-and-delete combination to move the file. Please note that in this case, version history will not be retained.

Examples​

Move a file by server-relative URL to a folder in the same document library

m365 file move --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project" --sourceUrl "/sites/project/Shared Documents/Document.pdf" --targetUrl "/sites/project/Shared Documents/NewFolder"

Move a file by server-relative URL to a document library in another site collection with server relative URL

m365 file move --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project" --sourceUrl "/sites/project/Shared Documents/Document.pdf" --targetUrl "/sites/IT/Shared Documents"

Move a file by absolute URL to a document library in another site collection with absolute URL

m365 file move --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com" --sourceUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/Shared Documents/Document.pdf" --targetUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/IT/Shared Documents"

Move a file to a document library in another site collection and rename the file

m365 file move --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com" --sourceUrl "/Shared Documents/Document.pdf" --targetUrl "/sites/IT/Shared Documents" --newName "newName"

Move a file to a document library in another site collection and rename the file if a file with the same name already exists.

m365 file move --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com" --sourceUrl "/Shared Documents/Document.pdf" --targetUrl "/sites/IT/Shared Documents" --nameConflictBehavior rename

Move a file to Onedrive for business

m365 file move --webUrl "https://contoso.sharepoint.com" --sourceUrl "/Shared Documents/Document.pdf" --targetUrl "https://contoso-my.sharepoint.com/personal/john_contoso_onmicrosoft_com/documents"

Response​

The command won't return a response on success.