How do I move a series of files to a parallel folder structure in windows 10

Question

I've a folder that has both image and video folders which I want to separate into separate folders based on the file type. I want this to be a script so that i can re run it when more files are imported

Current file structure

Currently images and videos are in a folder where they are combined by date

Images/
    2018-08/
          image1.png
          Video1.mp4
    2018-09/
          image1.png
          video1.mp4

Target Structure

After running the script I would like the folder structure and file names been retained with the point of having the images remain in the images structure and the videos being moved into a separate structure.

Images/
    2018-08/
          image1.png
    2018-09/
          image1.png
Videos/
    2018-08/
          Video1.mp4
    2018-09/
          video1.mp4

What i've tried so far

I've looked at the windows move command but it seems only to apply to a single folder.

Also I looked at then solution to How to copy files and keep the structure?. It almost solves my problem except I don't have a predefined list of files just pre defined extension and starting folder.

Some notes

• The Higher folders e.g. Images and Videos will be predefined and are static
• The sub-folders below images need to be automatically replicated
• File names may duplicate between moves

Answer 1

Check out robocopy which is built in to Windows 7 and above.

It can move files and folders with a specific mask.

In your case, it should work using something like this: robocopy \images \videos *.mp4 /copyall /s /mov

I would recommend testing this on a few folders and files before running it on a large folder structure that could be really jumbled around, until you get the command just right.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy