I am trying to copy a bunch of files from a folder to another remote folder by renaming the files as the source folder name. The script I wrote works, but it is creating folders by appending the folder name as the parent, instead of copying the actual files itself.
$source = 'C:\Users\testserver\Desktop\WSVC1'
$destination = 'C:\Users\testserver\Documents\Powershell test'
$files = Get-ChildItem -File $source -Filter *.txt -Recurse -Force
foreach ($file in $files) {
$newPath = Join-Path -Path $destination -ChildPath $file-$(Split-Path -Path $source -Leaf)
Copy-Item -Path $source -Destination $newPath
}
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I am trying to copy a file from one location to another. The issue is there are multiples folders so am working under plugins folder which again has sub folders in it. I want to search in each folder if it contains MANIFEST.MF.eclipse file if yes, the I have to move that file in its subfolder called META-INF. (Need to do same for all subfolder under plugins)
$current_folder = .\temp\p2\plugins\com.xyz.*\MANIFEST.MF.eclipse -Recurse |
$new_folder = .\temp\p2\plugins\com.xyz.*\META-INF
if (Test-Path -Path $new_folder){
Move-Item -Path $current_folder -Destination -Path $new_folder
}
else{
New-Item -ItemType 'Directory' -Name $new_folder
Move-Item -Path $current_folder -Destination -Path $new_folder
}
OK, so you're looking to search through a given directory for any files that are called "MANIFEST.MF.eclipse", then move them to a sub directory calles \META-INF?
I'm sure there's more 'elegant' solutions, but this works in my limited test
$rootpath = "C:\test\app"
$foldername = "META-INF"
$files = Get-ChildItem $rootpath -Recurse -Filter *MANIFEST.MF.eclipse
foreach($f in $files)
{
$testpath = $f.DirectoryName +'\'+ $foldername
if(!(Test-Path $testpath))
{
mkdir $testpath
}
Move-Item $f.FullName -Destination $testpath
}
I have a small script that can successfully copy all the files from folders and subfolders and append the creation time, but the files in the subfolders do not have the creation time appended to their names.
How can I append the creation date to all files in a folder and the subfolders?
My current script is:
$path = "C:\test1"
$destination = "C:\test2"
Get-ChildItem -path $path | ForEach-Object{
$newname = $_.CreationTime.toString("yyyy-MM-dd") + $_.BaseName +$_.Extension
(Copy-Item -Recurse -Path $_.FullName -Destination ( Join-Path $destination $newname))
}
You were really close, but the -Recurse switch should have been on Get-ChildItem and within the loop you need to make sure the destination subfolder paths exist.
Try
$source = "C:\test1"
$destination = "C:\test2"
Get-ChildItem -Path $source -File -Recurse | ForEach-Object {
# create the new target folderpath for the copy
$targetPath = Join-Path -Path $destination -ChildPath $_.DirectoryName.Substring($source.Length)
# make sure the target path exists, if not create it
$null = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $targetPath -Force
# create a new filename with CreationDate prefixed
$newName = '{0:yyy-MM-dd}{1}{2}' -f $_.CreationTime, $_.BaseName, $_.Extension
# copy the file
$_ | Copy-Item -Destination (Join-Path -Path $targetPath -ChildPath $newname) -Force
}
While you could create your own recursive method to copy files and rename them as you go, it would be easier to use Copy-Item recursively and rename the files and folders afterwards:
$Source = "src"
$Destination = "dst"
Copy-Item -Recurse $Source $Destination
foreach ($Item in (Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File $Destination)) {
Rename-Item $Item ($Item.Name + "-" + $Item.CreationTime.toString("yyyy-MM-dd"))
}
I am in need of some assistance, I am new to PowerShell and am trying to use it to make some of my work easier. I am writing a PowerShell script to copy JPG files from one location (C:\Pictures\People\People) and moving them to a new location.
The issue is that in this new location I need to create a folder with the same name as the JPG and then another subfolder with the same name again as the JPG.
So I need to move images from C:\Pictures\People\People which I will call JPG_Image to C:\Pictures\JPG_Name\JPG_Name\'JPG_Image'
So far I found and have been working with this:
$SourceFolder = "C:\Pictures\People\People"
$TargetFolder = "C:\Pictures\"
# Find all files matching *.JPG in the folder specified
Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -Filter *.jpg |
ForEach-Object {
$ChildPath = Join-Path -Path $_.Name.Replace('.jpg','') -ChildPath $_.Name
[System.IO.FileInfo]$Destination = Join-Path -Path $TargetFolder -ChildPath $ChildPath
# Create the directory if it doesn't already exits
if( -not ( Test-Path -Path $Destination.Directory.FullName ) ){
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $Destination.Directory.FullName
}
Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $Destination.FullName
}
You are making this harder on yourself than needs be.
Some enhancements to your code:
Add switch -File to the Get-ChildItem cmd so you do not also get DirectoryInfo objects
To get the filename without extension, there is a property .BaseName
Join-Path returns a string, no need to cast that into a [System.IO.FileInfo] object
If you add -Force to the New-Item cmd, there is no need to check if a folder already exists, because that will make the cmdlet either create a new folder or return the existing DirectoryInfo object.
Because we don't need that object (and the console output from it), we can just throw that away using $null = New-Item ...
Putting it all together:
$SourceFolder = "C:\Pictures\People\People"
$TargetFolder = "C:\Pictures"
# Find all files matching *.JPG in the folder specified
Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -Filter '*.jpg' -File |
ForEach-Object {
# Join-Path simply returns a string containing the combined path
# The BaseName property is the filename without extension
$ChildPath = Join-Path -Path $_.BaseName -ChildPath $_.BaseName
$Destination = Join-Path -Path $TargetFolder -ChildPath $ChildPath
# Create the directory if it doesn't already exits
# Using -Force will not give an error if the folder already exists
$null = New-Item -Path $Destination -ItemType Directory -Force
$_ | Copy-Item -Destination $Destination
}
I'm writing an archiving script which collecting desired files to an array then adding them to an archive 1 by 1.
I came to a problem when there is DIR1/file.ext and DIR2/file.ext because DIR2's file going to overwrite the previous.
How can I set unique filename or how it's possible to solve it on the fly instead of copying files to a dir with structures then zip the whole dir?
Here is my code:
# GET FILE LIST
$outgoingfiles = Get-ChildItem -Depth 1 -Filter "*.EXT" | Where-Object { $_.DirectoryName -like "*OUTGOING*" }
# Handle if OUTGOING/archive dir is exists
if(-not (Test-Path "OUTGOING/archive")) {
New-Item -Path "OUTGOING/archive" -ItemType Directory
}
# ZIP outgoing files
ForEach ($outgoing in $outgoingfiles) {
Compress-Archive $outgoing.FullName -Update -DestinationPath $zippath
}
Thank you!
I don't think there is a way to tell Compress-Archive to rename files when a file with the same name is already included in the zip.
What you can do is create a temporary folder, copy all files to there and if needed rename them. Then create the zip file using the unique files in that folder.
Finally, remove the temp folder again:
$zippath = 'D:\Test\OutGoing.zip' # path and filename for the output zip file
$rootPath = 'D:\Test' # where the files can be found
# create a temporary folder to uniquely copy the files to
$tempFolder = Join-Path -Path ([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) -ChildPath ([Guid]::NewGuid().Guid)
$null = New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $tempFolder
# create a hashtable to store the fileHash already copied
$fileHash = #{}
# get the list of files and copy them to a temporary folder
Get-ChildItem -Path $rootPath -Depth 1 -Filter '*.EXT' -File | Where-Object { $_.DirectoryName -like "*OUTGOING*" } | ForEach-Object {
$count = 1
$newName = $_.Name
# test if the file name is already in the hash and if so, append a counter to the basename
while ($fileHash.ContainsKey($newName)) {
$newName = "{0}({1}){2}" -f $_.BaseName, $count++, $_.Extension
}
# store this file name in the hash and copy the file
$fileHash[$newName] = $true
$newFile = Join-Path -Path $tempFolder -ChildPath $newName
$_ | Copy-Item -Destination $newFile -Force
}
# append '*.*' to the temporary folder name.
$path = Join-Path -Path $tempFolder -ChildPath '*.*'
# next, get the list of files in this temp folder and start archiving
Compress-Archive -Path $path -DestinationPath $zippath -Update
# when done, remove the tempfolder and files
Remove-Item -Path $tempFolder -Force -Recurse
Hope that helps
I would just copy the files along with their parent directories to a destination folder, then zip it up with Compress-Archive. Then you don't have to worry about making filenames unique.
Demo:
$sourceFolder = "C:\\"
$destinationFolder = "C:\\OUTGOING"
# Create destination folder if it doesn't exist
if (-not(Test-Path -Path $destinationFolder -PathType Container))
{
New-Item -Path $destinationFolder -ItemType Directory
}
# Get all .exe files one level deep
$files = Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceFolder -Depth 1 -Filter *.ext
foreach ($file in $files)
{
# Get standalone parent directory e.g. DIR1, DIR2
$parentFolder = Split-Path -Path (Split-Path -Path $file.FullName) -Leaf
# Create destination path with this parent directory
$destination = Join-Path -Path $destinationFolder -ChildPath $parentFolder
# Create destination parent directory if it doesn't exist
if (-not(Test-Path -Path $destination -PathType Container))
{
New-Item -Path $destination -ItemType Directory
}
# Copy file to parent directory in destination
Copy-Item -Path $file.FullName -Destination $destination
}
# Zip up destination folder
# Make sure to pass -Update for redoing compression
Compress-Archive -Path $destinationFolder -DestinationPath "OUTGOING.zip" -Update -CompressionLevel Optimal
Copy file from multiple sub-folder to another multiple sub-folder
example :
C:\Nani\Code\Relase4\database1\tables
C:\Nani\Code\Relase1\database1\tables
C:\Nani\Code\Relase2\database1\tables
C:\Nani\Code\Relase3\cycle1\database1\tables
C:\Nani\Code\Relase1\database1.02.tables
I have .sql files in above all folders and i want to copy to
C\Build\database1\tables
if database1\tables directory is not there , i have to create it too ,
$sourceFolder = "C:\Nani\Code"
$targetFolder = "C\Build"
Get-Childitem $sourceFolder -recurse -filter "*.sql" -Exclude $exclude | %{
#If destination folder doesn't exist
if (!(Test-Path $targetFolder -PathType Container)) {
#Create destination folder
New-Item -Path $targetFolder -ItemType Directory -Force
}
Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $targetFolder -Recurse -force
}
above code is not creating sub folders in destination ,
I have kept the script very simple for your understanding and commented the sections.
Make sure you add all the validations for paths and error handling. Else if any of the files is giving any issue, then it wont proceed and will break the loop.
Script:
#Keeping all the sources in an array
$Sources = #("C:\Nani\Code\Relase4\database1\tables",
"C:\Nani\Code\Relase1\database1\tables",
"C:\Nani\Code\Relase2\database1\tables",
"C:\Nani\Code\Relase3\cycle1\database1\tables",
"C:\Nani\Code\Relase1\database1.02.tables")
$Destination="C\Build\database1\tables\"
#Iterating each source folder
foreach($source in $sources)
{
#Getting all the sql files under an iteration folder recursively
$files=Get-ChildItem -Path $source -Filter "*.sql" -Recurse
#Iterating all the files underneath a single source folder
foreach ($file in $files)
{
#Copying the files for a single folder to the destination
Copy-Item $file.PSPath -Destination ("$Destination" + ($file.PSParentPath | Split-Path -Leaf) + '_' + $file)
}
}
Hope it helps.
Try this, I am creating each folder first before copying files into it.
$sourceFolder = "C:\Nani\Code"
$targetFolder = "C:\Build"
$sources = Get-Childitem $sourceFolder -recurse -filter "*.sql" -Exclude $exclude | Select FullName, DirectoryName
foreach ($source in $sources)
{
$Releasepath = [regex]::match($source.DirectoryName,'C:\\Nani\\Code\\Release\d').Value
$split = $Releasepath.Replace("\","\\")
$targetfolderLeaf = $source.DirectoryName -split $split | select -Last 1
$targetfolderpath = $targetFolder+$targetfolderLeaf
if (!(Test-Path $targetfolderpath -PathType Container)) {
#Create destination folder
New-Item -Path $targetfolderpath -ItemType Directory -Force
}
Copy-Item -Path $source.FullName -Destination $targetfolderpath -Recurse -force
}