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spo file move

Moves a file to another location

Usage​

m365 spo file move [options]

Options​

-u, --webUrl <webUrl>

The URL of the site where the file is located.

-s, --sourceUrl [sourceUrl]

The server-, site-relative or absolute decoded URL of the file to move. Specify either sourceUrl or sourceId but not both.

-i, --sourceId [sourceId]

The ID of the file to move. Specify either sourceUrl or sourceId but not both.

-t, --targetUrl <targetUrl>

Server-relative or absolute decoded URL where to move the file.

--newName [newName]

The new name of the destination file.

--nameConflictBehavior [nameConflictBehavior]

Behavior when a file or folder with the same name is already present at the destination. Possible values: fail, replace, rename. The default is fail.

--retainEditorAndModified

Use this option to retain the editor and modified date. When not specified, these values are reset when moving to another library.

--bypassSharedLock

This indicates whether a file with a share lock can still be moved. Use this option to move a file that is locked.

-h, --help [help]

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

All file versions are retained while moving a file.

When you specify a value for nameConflictBehavior, consider the following:

  • fail will throw an error when the destination file already exists.
  • replace will replace the destination file if it already exists.
  • rename will add a suffix (e.g. Document1.pdf) when the destination file already exists.

Examples​

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

m365 spo file move --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --sourceUrl "/sites/project-x/Shared Documents/sp1.pdf" --targetUrl "/sites/project-y/Archived documents"

Move a file specified by a server-relative URL to a document library and rename it

m365 spo file move --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --sourceUrl "/Shared Documents/sp1.pdf" --targetUrl "/sites/project-x/My Documents" --newName Report.pdf

Move a file to another document library and replace a file with the same name

m365 spo file move --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --sourceUrl "/Shared Documents/Report project-x.pdf" --targetUrl "/sites/project-x/My Documents" --newName Report.pdf --nameConflictBehavior replace

Move a file referenced by its ID to another document library and retain editor and modified date

m365 spo file move --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --sourceId b8cc341b-9c11-4f2d-aa2b-0ce9c18bcba2 --targetUrl "/sites/project-x/My Documents" --retainEditorAndModified

Response​

The command won't return a response on success.

More information​

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