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spo folder move

Moves a folder to another location

Usage​

m365 spo folder move [options]

Options​

-u, --webUrl <webUrl>

The URL of the site where the folder is located.

-s, --sourceUrl [sourceUrl]

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

-i, --sourceId [sourceId]

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

-t, --targetUrl <targetUrl>

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

--newName [newName]

The new name of the destination folder.

--nameConflictBehavior [nameConflictBehavior]

Behavior when a file or folder with the same name is already present at the destination. Allowed values: fail, rename. Defaults to fail.

--skipWait

Don't wait for the move operation to complete.

-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​

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

  • fail will throw an error when the destination folder already exists.
  • rename will add a suffix (e.g. folder1) when the destination folder already exists.

Examples​

Move a folder to a document library in another site collection by server-relative URL.

m365 spo folder move --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --sourceUrl "/sites/project-x/Shared Documents/Reports" --targetUrl "/sites/project-y/Shared Documents/Reports January"

Move a folder to another location using site-relative URLs and rename it.

m365 spo folder move --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --sourceUrl "/Shared Documents/Reports" --targetUrl "/sites/project-y/Shared Documents" --newName "Reports January"

Move a folder to another location and use a new name on conflict.

m365 spo folder move --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --sourceUrl "/sites/project-x/Shared Documents/Reports" --targetUrl "/sites/project-y/Shared Documents/Project files" --nameConflictBehavior rename

Move a folder referenced by its ID to another document library and don't wait for the move job to finish.

m365 spo folder move --webUrl https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/project-x --sourceId b8cc341b-9c11-4f2d-aa2b-0ce9c18bcba2 --targetUrl "/sites/project-x/Project files" --skipWait

Response​

Standard Response​

{
  "Exists": true,
  "ExistsAllowThrowForPolicyFailures": true,
  "ExistsWithException": true,
  "IsWOPIEnabled": false,
  "ItemCount": 6,
  "Name": "Company",
  "ProgID": null,
  "ServerRelativeUrl": "/sites/Sales/Icons/Company",
  "TimeCreated": "2024-09-26T22:08:53Z",
  "TimeLastModified": "2024-09-26T22:09:31Z",
  "UniqueId": "d3a37396-ca16-467b-b968-48f5fc41f2b6",
  "WelcomePage": ""
}

skipWait response​

The command won't return a response on success.

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