When I try to import a CSV, and take a source filename/path and destination folder ref, copy-item seems to not copy the file in question.
I have a folder full of files in C:\Dir1\Test\Files\ and I need to copy them to individual folders in C:\Dir1\Test, based on what is in the csv.
$SourceDir = 'C:\Dir1\Test\Files\'
$DestDir = 'C:\Dir1\Test\'
Import-Csv C:\Dir1\Test\FileList.csv | ForEach-Object {
$Source = $SourceDir + $($_.'FilePath')
$Dest = $DestDir + "$($_.'Folder Ref')\"
Copy-Item $Source -Destination $Dest
}
If I switch out the Copy-Item to Write-Host, it reads to me correctly, am I doing something wrong?
Nothing happens, it returns me to the prompt with no output
Constructing file paths using string concatenation as you are doing is never a good idea..
Better use PowerShells cmdlet Join-Path for that or .Net [System.IO.Path]::Combine() method.
As mklement0 already commented, Copy-Item by default does not procude any visual output unless you add -Verbose.
You can also append switch -PassThru and in that case, the cmdlet returns an object that represents the copied item.
In your case, why not add an informative message yourself, something like:
$SourceDir = 'C:\Dir1\Test\Files'
$DestDir = 'C:\Dir1\Test'
Import-Csv -Path 'C:\Dir1\Test\FileList.csv' | ForEach-Object {
# construct the source path
$Source = Join-Path -Path $SourceDir -ChildPath $_.FilePath
if (Test-Path -Path $source -PathType Leaf) {
# construct the destination path
$Dest = Join-Path -Path $DestDir -ChildPath $_.'Folder Ref'
# make sure the target path exists before trying to copy to it
$null = New-Item -Path $Dest -ItemType Directory -Force
# now copy the file
Write-Host "Copying file '$Source' to '$Dest'"
Copy-Item -Path $Source -Destination $Dest
}
else {
Write-Warning "File '$Source' could not be found"
}
}
Below is my scenario which I need to achieve:
I have a file test.txt .This file contains file names. So suppose, test.txt has below two lines in it:
file1.txt
file2.txt
Please note that these two files (file1.txt, file2.txt) are present in a folder (src_folder).
Below is the action that I need to perform:
I need to read this test.txt file
For every file entry found in test.txt file (in our case file1.txt and file2.txt), copy these two files from src_folder to a different folder (say suppose tgt_folder).
How can I achieve this using powershell script?
Appreciate help on this! Thanks in advance.
This shouldn't be too difficult:
$sourceFolder = 'D:\Test\src_folder'
$destination = 'D:\Test\tgt_folder'
Get-Content -Path 'D:\Path\To\test.txt' | ForEach-Object {
Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path -Path $sourceFolder -ChildPath $_) -Destination $destination
}
If you're worried that test.txt may contain empty lines, do:
Get-Content -Path 'D:\Path\To\test.txt' | Where-Object { $_ -match '\S' } | ForEach-Object { .. }
as per your comment you need to have two destinations, depending on the file extension, use below code:
$sourceFolder = 'D:\Test\src_folder'
$csvDestination = 'D:\Test\tgt_folder'
$txtDestination = 'D:\Test\new_tgt_folder'
# test if the destination folders exist. If not create them first
if (!(Test-Path -Path $csvDestination)) {
$null = New-Item -Path $csvDestination -ItemType Directory
}
if (!(Test-Path -Path $txtDestination)) {
$null = New-Item -Path $txtDestination -ItemType Directory
}
Get-Content -Path 'D:\Path\To\test.txt' | Where-Object { $_ -match '\S' } | ForEach-Object {
$file = Join-Path -Path $sourceFolder -ChildPath $_.Trim()
switch ([System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($file)) {
# you can add more options here if there are other extensions to handle differently
'.csv' {$destination = $csvDestination; break}
default {$destination = $txtDestination} # this is for .txt or any other extension
}
if (Test-Path -Path $file -PathType Leaf) {
Copy-Item -Path $file -Destination $destination
}
else {
Write-Warning "File '$file' not found"
}
}
Ok, looking for some assistance with Powershell. I need to create a subfolder with the same name in about 200 folders in a directory. So far I have this:
$folder = NewFolderName
new-item -type directory -path \\servername\directory\directory\$folder -Force
Will this work to create the single folder in all 200 folders?
Try the following code snippet:
$parent = '\\servername\directory'
$folder = 'NewFolderName'
Get-ChildItem -Path $parent -Directory |
ForEach-Object {
New-Item -WhatIf -Type Directory -Path (
Join-Path -Path $_.FullName -ChildPath $folder) -Force
}
Remove the risk mitigation parameter -WhatIf no sooner than debugged…
Please can someone help me create a powershell or CMD script, as simple as possible (1 line?) that will do the following...
-Take file (c:\test.txt)
-Copy to ALL subfolders within a given folder, including multiple levels deep
eg, c:\test1\1\2\3\ and c:\test2\6\7\8\
-Without overwriting that file if it already exists
-Not changing ANY existing files. Just adding the original txt file if it doesn't exist.
I've tried a bunch of scripts I found online, changing them, but have been unsuccessful. Either it overwrites existing files, or doesn't go multiple levels deep, or skips all the folders between top/bottom levels, or throws errors. I give up.
Thanks
Matt
How about something like this...
$folders = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path C:\temp\1 -Directory
$file = "c:\temp\test.txt"
foreach($folder in $folders){
$checkFile = $folder.FullName + "\test.txt"
$testForFile=Test-Path -Path $checkFile
if(!$testForFile){
Copy-Item $file -Destination $folder.FullName
}
}
Not a one-liner, but here you go:
$rootFolder = 'PATH OF FOLDER CONTAINING ALL THE SUBFOLDERS'
$fileToCopy = 'c:\test.txt'
$fileName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileName($fileToCopy)
Get-ChildItem -Path $rootFolder -Recurse -Directory | ForEach-Object {
if (!(Test-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path $_.FullName -ChildPath $fileName) -PathType Leaf)) {
Copy-Item -Path $fileToCopy -Destination $_.FullName
}
}
I am struggling really hard to get this below script worked to copy the files in folders and sub folders in the proper structure (As the source server).
Lets say, there are folders mentioned below:
Main Folder: File aaa, File bbb
Sub Folder a: File 1, File 2, File 3
Sub Folder b: File 4, File 5, File 6
Script used:
Get-ChildItem -Path \\Server1\Test -recurse | ForEach-Object {
Copy-Item -LiteralPath $_.FullName -Destination \\server2\test |
Get-Acl -Path $_.FullName | Set-Acl -Path "\\server2\test\$(Split-Path -Path $_.FullName -Leaf)"
}
Output:
File aaa, File bbb
Sub Folder a (Empty Folder)
Sub Folder b (Empty Folder)
File 1, File 2, File 3, File 4, File 5, File 6.
I want the files to get copied to their respective folders (Like the source folders). Any further help is highly appreciated.
This can be done just using Copy-Item. No need to use Get-Childitem. I think you are just overthinking it.
Copy-Item -Path C:\MyFolder -Destination \\Server\MyFolder -recurse -Force
I just tested it and it worked for me.
edit: included suggestion from the comments
# Add wildcard to source folder to ensure consistent behavior
Copy-Item -Path $sourceFolder\* -Destination $targetFolder -Recurse
If you want to mirror same content from source to destination, try following one.
function CopyFilesToFolder ($fromFolder, $toFolder) {
$childItems = Get-ChildItem $fromFolder
$childItems | ForEach-Object {
Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $toFolder -Recurse -Force
}
}
Test:
CopyFilesToFolder "C:\temp\q" "c:\temp\w"
one time i found this script, this copy folder and files and keep the same structure of the source in the destination, you can make some tries with this.
# Find the source files
$sourceDir="X:\sourceFolder"
# Set the target file
$targetDir="Y:\Destfolder\"
Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -Include *.* -Recurse | foreach {
# Remove the original root folder
$split = $_.Fullname -split '\\'
$DestFile = $split[1..($split.Length - 1)] -join '\'
# Build the new destination file path
$DestFile = $targetDir+$DestFile
# Move-Item won't create the folder structure so we have to
# create a blank file and then overwrite it
$null = New-Item -Path $DestFile -Type File -Force
Move-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $DestFile -Force
}
I had trouble with the most popular answer (overthinking). It put AFolder in the \Server\MyFolder\AFolder and I wanted the contents of AFolder and below in MyFolder. This didn't work.
Copy-Item -Verbose -Path C:\MyFolder\AFolder -Destination \\Server\MyFolder -recurse -Force
Plus I needed to Filter and only copy *.config files.
This didn't work, with "\*" because it did not recurse
Copy-Item -Verbose -Path C:\MyFolder\AFolder\* -Filter *.config -Destination \\Server\MyFolder -recurse -Force
I ended up lopping off the beginning of the path string, to get the childPath relative to where I was recursing from. This works for the use-case in question and went down many subdirectories, which some other solutions do not.
Get-Childitem -Path "$($sourcePath)/**/*.config" -Recurse |
ForEach-Object {
$childPath = "$_".substring($sourcePath.length+1)
$dest = "$($destPath)\$($childPath)" #this puts a \ between dest and child path
Copy-Item -Verbose -Path $_ -Destination $dest -Force
}
Here you go.
Function Backup-Files {
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory)]
[System.IO.FileInfo[]]$Source,
[Parameter(Mandatory)]
[String]$Destination
)
if (!(Test-Path $Destination)) {[void][System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($Destination)}
ForEach ($File in $Source) {
$SourceRoot = $(Convert-Path $File.PSParentPath).split('\')[0]
$NewFile = $($File.FullName).Replace($SourceRoot,$Destination)
$NewDir = $($File.DirectoryName).Replace($SourceRoot,$Destination)
[void][System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory($NewDir)
Copy-Item -Path $File.FullName -Destination $NewFile -Force
}
}
Examples
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Copy FileInfo object or array to a new destination while retaining the original directory structure.
.PARAMETER Source
FileInfo object or array. (Get-Item/Get-ChildItem)
.PARAMETER Destination
Path to backup source data to.
.NOTES
Version (Date): 1.0 (2023-02-04)
Author: Joshua Biddle (thebiddler#gmail.com)
Purpose/Change: Initial script development.
Known Bugs:
.EXAMPLE
Backup-Files -Source $(Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Users\*\Documents' -Recurse -Force -Exclude 'My Music','My Pictures','My Videos','desktop.ini' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -Destination "C:\Temp\UserBackup"
.EXAMPLE
Backup-Files -Source $(Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Users\*\Desktop' -Exclude "*.lnk","desktop.ini" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -Destination "C:\Temp\UserBackup"
#>
I wanted a solution to copy files modified after a certain date and time which mean't I need to use Get-ChildItem piped through a filter. Below is what I came up with:
$SourceFolder = "C:\Users\RCoode\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\MyProject"
$ArchiveFolder = "J:\Temp\Robin\Deploy\MyProject"
$ChangesStarted = New-Object System.DateTime(2013,10,16,11,0,0)
$IncludeFiles = ("*.vb","*.cs","*.aspx","*.js","*.css")
Get-ChildItem $SourceFolder -Recurse -Include $IncludeFiles | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt $ChangesStarted} | ForEach-Object {
$PathArray = $_.FullName.Replace($SourceFolder,"").ToString().Split('\')
$Folder = $ArchiveFolder
for ($i=1; $i -lt $PathArray.length-1; $i++) {
$Folder += "\" + $PathArray[$i]
if (!(Test-Path $Folder)) {
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $Folder
}
}
$NewPath = Join-Path $ArchiveFolder $_.FullName.Replace($SourceFolder,"")
Copy-Item $_.FullName -Destination $NewPath
}