Move file that begins with

[Mark_Ball]

Good day Everyone,

I am very new to Power Automate Desktop, I've been using Power automate for a few months now, with some success. I am struggling to find an answer to this probably simple task.

Using the web recorder, i grab excel files from a few different sites and they drop into my default downloads folder. Some files have a different name each time. Like adding a date onto the end. I want to move and rename some of these files,  but i need to use a function like "begins with" when selecting the file.

I don't see an option to use a wild card like: File to Move begins with "File Name%"

Do i need to create a variable or use another action?

Thank you,

Mark

[sakula1996 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mark_Ball 

Use Get files in folder action and apply file filter to it with  * "SomeFileName*".

"*" is the wild card. You can use it before or after the file name

Then it will produce Files Array

Then use "Move File" action with %Files% or %Files[0]% depending on your use case

Hope this helps 🙂

[Mark_Ball]

that worked perfect! thank you 🙂