Powershell: Search in path, rename file and copy it - powershell

Question

I am trying to build a script that can do the following
When I open the powershell script
it should ask me for a path where the files are located e.g.
C:\SearchPath\DateOfToday
Daily there will be a new folder e.g. 20221214.
Maybe it is possible to specify the path and the script will get today's date by itself or maybe just opening a windows explorer so I can select the SourceFolder.
A file must be copied e.g. Test.xmr and then renamed to Test.$xmr
some more files should be collected like
jpl, eml, html, pdf, cml, xmr, $xmr and xml
the collected files should be moved to the folder
C:\AnotherFolder\
What I have so far is this
$SourceFolder = "\\Path1\Dateoftoday"
$DestFolder = '\\Path2' #Path to Destination Folder
[array]$FileList = gci -Path $SourceFolder -Recurse -File -Filter "ABC.xmr"
[array]$FileList = gci -Path $SourceFolder -Recurse -File -Filter "ABC.jpl"
[array]$FileList = gci -Path $SourceFolder -Recurse -File -Filter "ABC.eml"
[array]$FileList = gci -Path $SourceFolder -Recurse -File -Filter "ABC.html"
[array]$FileList = gci -Path $SourceFolder -Recurse -File -Filter "ABC.pdf"
[array]$FileList = gci -Path $SourceFolder -Recurse -File -Filter "ABC.cml"
[array]$FileList = gci -Path $SourceFolder -Recurse -File -Filter "ABC.xml"
ForEach ($F in $FileList) {
Copy-Item $F.FullName (Join-Path $DestFolder ($F.Name))
}
I can specify the path and the filenames and then run it.
Sorry if it's basic, but I'm new at powershell.

Answer 1

Looks like you just need this:
$today = '{0:yyyyMMdd}' -f (Get-Date)
$SourceFolder = "\\Path1\$today"
$DestFolder = '\\Path2' #Path to Destination Folder
$filePattern = '*.xmr', '*.jpl', '*.eml', '*.html', '*.pdf', '*.cml', '*.xml', '*.$xmr'
# unclear about your question 2)..
# do we need to copy a file to the $SourceFolder first ??
# Copy-Item -Path 'X:\Somewhere\Test.xmr' -Destination (Join-Path -Path $SourceFolder -ChildPath 'Test.$xmr')
# copy all chosen files to the destination folder
Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $SourceFolder -Recurse -File -Include $filePattern | ForEach-Object {
$_ | Copy-Item -Destination $DestFolder
}
As per your comment, hopefully this is what you need:
$today = '{0:yyyyMMdd}' -f (Get-Date)
$SourceFolder = "\\Path1\$today"
$DestFolder = '\\Path2' #Path to Destination Folder
$extensions = 'xmr', 'jpl', 'eml', 'html', 'pdf', 'cml', 'xml'
# ask for the filename
$baseName = Read-Host 'Please enter the file name without extension'
if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($baseName)) {
# construct the filenames to copy
$pattern = $extensions | ForEach-Object { '{0}.{1}' -f $baseName.Trim(), $_ }
# copy all chosen files to the destination folder
Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $SourceFolder -Recurse -File |
Where-Object { $pattern -contains $_.Name } | ForEach-Object {
# rename the extensions by prefixing it with a dollar sign ($)
$targetFile = Join-Path -Path $DestFolder -ChildPath ('{0}.${1}' -f $_.BaseName, $_.Extension.TrimStart("."))
$_ | Copy-Item -Destination $targetFile
# if you want ONLY the .xmr file to be renamed with as .$xmr use this instead:
# if ($_.Extension -eq '.xmr') {
# $targetFile = Join-Path -Path $DestFolder -ChildPath ('{0}.${1}' -f $_.BaseName, $_.Extension.TrimStart("."))
# $_ | Copy-Item -Destination $targetFile
# }
# else {
# $_ | Copy-Item -Destination $DestFolder
# }
}
}
Edit
As you commentd you want to remove the leftover .xmr and .att files after copying, here the code that does that too
$today = '{0:yyyyMMdd}' -f (Get-Date)
$SourceFolder = "\\Path1\$today"
$DestFolder = '\\Path2' #Path to Destination Folder
$extensions = 'xmr', 'jpl', 'eml', 'html', 'pdf', 'cml', 'xml', 'att'
# ask for the filename
$baseName = Read-Host 'Please enter the file name without extension'
if (![string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($baseName)) {
# construct the filenames to copy
$pattern = $extensions | ForEach-Object { '{0}.{1}' -f $baseName.Trim(), $_ }
# copy all chosen files to the destination folder
(Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $SourceFolder -Recurse -File) |
Where-Object { $pattern -contains $_.Name } | ForEach-Object {
# rename the extensions by prefixing it with a dollar sign ($)
$targetFile = Join-Path -Path $DestFolder -ChildPath ('{0}.${1}' -f $_.BaseName, $_.Extension.TrimStart("."))
$_ | Copy-Item -Destination $targetFile
# if you want ONLY the .xmr file to be renamed with as .$xmr use this instead:
# if ($_.Extension -eq '.xmr') {
# $targetFile = Join-Path -Path $DestFolder -ChildPath ('{0}.${1}' -f $_.BaseName, $_.Extension.TrimStart("."))
# $_ | Copy-Item -Destination $targetFile
# }
# else {
# $_ | Copy-Item -Destination $DestFolder
# }
# remove leftover .XMR and .ATT files
if ($_.Extension -match '\.(xmr|att)$') { $_ | Remove-Item -Force }
}
}

Answer 2

Good day!!
Maybe we can help you with this:
First of all you need to ask for the path and we have two ways to do this (maybe more) but those are the ways I know
The first option is the simple, using the Read-Host Cmdlet:
$path = Read-Host "Please type the path of the folder"
The second option is more complicated and use dotnet framework: (to ask for the destination just change the last two variables with destination instead of sourcePath)
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing
$box = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$box.Text = 'Script Execution'
$box.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(300,200)
$box.StartPosition = 'CenterScreen'
$okButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$okButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(75,120)
$okButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$okButton.Text = 'OK'
$okButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK
$box.AcceptButton = $okButton
$box.Controls.Add($okButton)
$cancelButton = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Button
$cancelButton.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(150,120)
$cancelButton.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(75,23)
$cancelButton.Text = 'Cancel'
$cancelButton.DialogResult = [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::Cancel
$box.CancelButton = $cancelButton
$box.Controls.Add($cancelButton)
$label = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Label
$label.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,20)
$label.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(280,20)
$label.Text = 'Please type the path of the files:'
$box.Controls.Add($label)
$textBox = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
$textBox.Location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(10,40)
$textBox.Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(260,20)
$box.Controls.Add($textBox)
$box.Topmost = $true
$box.Add_Shown({$textBox.Select()})
$result = $box.ShowDialog()
if ($result -eq [System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult]::OK)
{
$sourcePath = $textBox.Text
$sourcePath
}
Once we have the path we can copy the files to do it we can use Copy-item
(I'm not sure if you want to rename the original files or the final files, anyway if you want to rename the last files just use rename-item cmdlet)
$fileList = #(
Get-ChildItem -Path $sourcePath -Recurse -include "*.jpl", "*.eml", "*.html", "*.pdf", "*.cml", "*.xml"
)
foreach ($f in $fileList){
Copy-Item -Path $f.fullname -Destination "$destPath\$f.name"
}
And this should be enough, i'm not really sure about the $fileList part maybe I made some typo, sorry in this case.
Have a nice day!