PowerShell - copying multiple files - powershell

Question

I've written a PowerShell script to copy new files across to a shared folder on a server.
I am wondering if there is a way that after I get the list of new files in the sub folders, I can copy them over together - other than using for-each and copying them one at a time - so that I can add a progress bar.

Answer 1

something like this could be a starting point
# define source and destination folders
$source = 'C:\temp\music'
$dest = 'C:\temp\new'
# get all files in source (not empty directories)
$files = Get-ChildItem $source -Recurse -File
$index = 0
$total = $files.Count
$starttime = $lasttime = Get-Date
$results = $files | % {
$index++
$currtime = (Get-Date) - $starttime
$avg = $currtime.TotalSeconds / $index
$last = ((Get-Date) - $lasttime).TotalSeconds
$left = $total - $index
$WrPrgParam = #{
Activity = (
"Copying files $(Get-Date -f s)",
"Total: $($currtime -replace '\..*')",
"Avg: $('{0:N2}' -f $avg)",
"Last: $('{0:N2}' -f $last)",
"ETA: $('{0:N2}' -f ($avg * $left / 60))",
"min ($([string](Get-Date).AddSeconds($avg*$left) -replace '^.* '))"
) -join ' '
Status = "$index of $total ($left left) [$('{0:N2}' -f ($index / $total * 100))%]"
CurrentOperation = "File: $_"
PercentComplete = ($index/$total)*100
}
Write-Progress #WrPrgParam
$lasttime = Get-Date
# build destination path for this file
$destdir = Join-Path $dest $($(Split-Path $_.fullname) -replace [regex]::Escape($source))
# if it doesn't exist, create it
if (!(Test-Path $destdir)) {
$null = md $destdir
}
# if the file.txt already exists, rename it to file-1.txt and so on
$num = 1
$base = $_.basename
$ext = $_.extension
$newname = Join-Path $destdir "$base$ext"
while (Test-Path $newname) {
$newname = Join-Path $destdir "$base-$num$ext"
$num++
}
# log the source and destination files to the $results variable
Write-Output $([pscustomobject]#{
SourceFile = $_.fullname
DestFile = $newname
})
# finally, copy the file to its new location
copy $_.fullname $newname
}
# export a list of source files
$results | Export-Csv c:\temp\copylog.csv -NoTypeInformation
NOTE: that will show progress for total files regardless of size. ex: you have 2 files, one is 1 mb and the other is 50 mb. when the first file is copied, progress will be 50% because half the files are copied. if you want progress by total bytes, i highly recommend giving this function a try. just give it a source and destination. works when given a single file or a whole folder to copy
https://github.com/gangstanthony/PowerShell/blob/master/Copy-File.ps1
screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/hT8yoUm.jpg