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Move-Item produces an unexpected error when using -Include/-Exclude/-Filter #2385

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Move-Item's -Include, -Exclude, and -Filter parameters produce errors when they should not.

Steps to reproduce

Include:

New-Item -Name "foo.txt" -ItemType File
New-Item -Name "bar.txt" -ItemType File
Move-Item -Path ".\*" -Destination "move.txt" -Include "bar*"

Exclude:

New-Item -Name "foo.txt" -ItemType File
New-Item -Name "bar.txt" -ItemType File
Move-Item -Path ".\*" -Destination "move.txt" -Exclude "bar*"

Filter:

New-Item -Name "foo.txt" -ItemType File
New-Item -Name "bar.txt" -ItemType File
Move-Item -Path ".\*" -Destination "move.txt" -Filter "bar*"

Expected behavior

Include:
No error.
bar.txt should not exist anymore and there should be a new file named move.txt with the contents of bar.txt.

Exclude:
No error.
foo.txt should not exist anymore and there should be a new file named move.txt with the contents of foo.txt.

Filter:
No error.
bar.txt should not exist anymore and there should be a new file named move.txt with the contents of bar.txt.

Actual behavior

Include:
Successfully moves bar.txt to move.txt, but produces the following errors.

PS F:\test> Move-Item -Path .\* -Destination move.txt -Include "bar*"
Move-Item : Cannot move item because the item at 'F:\test\foo.txt' does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Move-Item -Path .\* -Destination move.txt -Include "bar*"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Move-Item], PSInvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand

Exclude:
Successfully moves foo.txt to move.txt, but produces the following errors.

PS F:\test> Move-Item -Path .\* -Destination move.txt -Exclude "bar*"
Move-Item : Cannot move item because the item at 'F:\test\bar.txt' does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Move-Item -Path .\* -Destination move.txt -Exclude "bar*"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Move-Item], PSInvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand

Filter:
Successfully moves bar.txt to move.txt, but produces the following errors.

PS F:\test> Move-Item -Path .\* -Destination move.txt -Filter "bar*"
Move-Item : Cannot create a file when that file already exists
At line:1 char:1
+ Move-Item -Path .\* -Destination move.txt -Filter "bar*"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (F:\test\foo.txt:FileInfo) [Move-Item], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MoveFileInfoItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand

Environment data

PS F:\test> $PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
BuildVersion                   3.0.0.0
WSManStackVersion              3.0
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
PSVersion                      6.0.0-alpha
GitCommitId                    v6.0.0-alpha.10
CLRVersion
PSEdition                      Core
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
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