I tried to copy files from one folder to another which have word HIGH at the end of name of files in their names but didn't get it. Any suggestion?
$dest = "C:\transform"
$source = "D:\result"
get-childitem $source - filter ".jpg" -recurse | Where-Object {$_.DirectoryName -match "HIGH" | ForEach-Object { Copy-Item $.fullname $dest}
$_.DirectoryName holds the folder name, $_.Name the file name :
$dest = "C:\transform"
$source = "D:\result"
Get-ChildItem $source -Filter ".jpg" -Recurse |
? { $_.BaseName -match "HIGH$" } |
% { Copy-Item $_.FullName $dest}
Or, as pointed by #Walter Mitty, a simpler :
Copy-Item -Path $source -Filter "*HIGH.jpg" -Destination $dest –Recurse
(in this case -Filter and -Include seem to behave the same)
The simplest way to copy files from one folder to another is the Copy-Item cmdlet.
Take a look at the -Path -Include -Destination and -Recurse parameters.
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/60a19812-67ab-4b58-a6f5-34640edafbb0(v=wps.630).aspx
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Here is my current script and it works fine. Not efficient running same code twice but I don't know how to combine the wildcards... anyway on to the bigger issue.
The below code searches through my $sourceDir, excludes the files listed in $ExclusionFiles, copies all folders and structure as well as any .jpg or any .csv files, then puts them into the $targetDir.
$sourceDir = 'c:\sectionOne\Graphics\Data'
$targetDir = 'C:\Test\'
$ExclusionFiles = #("InProgress.jpg", "input.csv", "PCMCSV2.csv")
# Get .jpg files
Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -filter "*.jpg" -recurse -Exclude $ExclusionFiles | `
foreach{
$targetFile = $targetDir + $_.FullName.SubString($sourceDir.Length);
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $targetFile -Force;
Copy-Item $_.FullName -destination $targetFile
}
# Get .csv files
Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -filter "*.csv" -recurse -Exclude $ExclusionFiles | `
foreach{
$targetFile = $targetDir + $_.FullName.SubString($sourceDir.Length);
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $targetFile -Force;
Copy-Item $_.FullName -destination $targetFile
}
My list of files in the main $sourceDir that I need to exclude is getting longer and there are folders I want to exclude as well. Can someone tell me how to,
Copy only a list of specific files in the $sourceDir
Exclude certain folders in $sourceDir from copying
Combine the wildcard search for .jpg and .csv into one statement
I'm still learning so any help would be greatly appreciated!
This is a case where a little bit of Regex will go a long way:
You can filter multiple extensions by using a pretty basic match:
$extensions = 'jpg', 'csv'
$endsWithExtension = "\.(?>$($extensions -join '|'))$"
Get-ChildItem -Recurse |
Where-Object Name -Match $endsWithExtension
You can exclude a list of specific files with one more Where-Object and the -In parameter:
$extensions = 'jpg', 'csv'
$endsWithExtension = "\.(?>$($extensions -join '|'))$"
$ExcludeFileNames = #("InProgress.jpg", "input.csv", "PCMCSV2.csv")
Get-ChildItem -Recurse |
Where-Object Name -Match $endsWithExtension |
Where-Object Name -NotIn $ExcludeFileNames
From there on in, your Foreach-Object is basically correct (nice touch making sure the file exists by using New-Item, though I'd personally assign it's output to null and -PassThru the Copy-Item).
Get-ChildItem $sourceDir -Recurse |
Where-Object Name -Match $endsWithExtension |
Where-Object Name -NotIn $ExcludeFileNames |
Foreach-Object {
$targetFile = $targetDir + $_.FullName.SubString($sourceDir.Length);
New-Item -ItemType File -Path $targetFile -Force;
Copy-Item $_.FullName -destination $targetFile
}
I need to add some text to a file and remove file to another location after that.
I am using:
Get-ChildItem \\serverpath\tmp -Recurse -Filter *.txt| Foreach-Object{(add-Content $_.FullName -value ';;;')}
Get-ChildItem \\serverpath\tmp -Recurse -Filter *.txt| Foreach-Object{
Move-Item \\serverpath\tmp\$($_.Name) -Destination "\\serverpath\$($_.Name)"}
How to do this without having twice Get-ChildItem sentence? We have process which write data, so I would like to be sure that files are not transfered without adding ;;; at end of files.
You can do both within the same loop:
$destinationPath = '\\serverpath\NewLocation'
Get-ChildItem -Path '\\serverpath\tmp' -Recurse -Filter '*.txt'| Foreach-Object {
$_ | Add-Content -Value ';;;'
$_ | Move-Item -Destination $destinationPath
}
I'm trying to use powershell to copy some directories where name match with filter.
First of all I delete all the directories that match in the destination path, alfter I try to copy source directories and contents but I've a problem because are copied only files inside directories and subdirectories and not the directories names and structures.
$source="F:\origin"
$destination="F:\dest"
$filter="#"
# Remove dirs #
Get-ChildItem -Path $destination -Recurse |
Where-Object { $_.DirectoryName -match $filter } |
remove-item -Recurse
# Copy dirs and all contents
Get-ChildItem -Path $source -Recurse |
Where-Object { $_.DirectoryName -match $filter } |
Copy-Item -Destination $destination
How can I do This ?
Thank you
EDIT
F:\origin\#test\index.php
F:\origin\#test1\index1.php
F:\origin\#test1\sub1\subindex1.php
F:\origin\no_consider\index1.php
Expected output
F:\dest\#test\index.php
F:\dest\#test1\index1.php
F:\dest\#test1\sub1\subindex1.php
a couple small tweaks seems to have done the trick. replaced some double quotes with single quotes, added a Recurse at the end of the one line and change DirectoryName to Name for the first one.
LEt me know if this works:
$source='c:\origin'
$destination='c:\dest'
$filter="#"
# Remove dirs #
Get-ChildItem -Path $destination -Recurse |
Where-Object { $_.Name -match $filter } |
remove-item -Recurse
# Copy dirs and all contents
Get-ChildItem -Path $source |
Where-Object { $_.Name -match $filter } |
Copy-Item -Destination $destination -Recurse -Force
My code below moves databases from one location to another location:
$filters = Get-Content "c:\customerName.txt"
$source = "\\Server1\Databases"
$destination = "\\Server2\Databases"
foreach($filter in $filters)
{
Get-Childitem $source -include *.* -Recurse`
| ? {!$_.PsIsContainer -and $_.fullname -match $filter} `
| % {
Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination $destination"\$filter"
}
}
The code works absolutely fine, but I need to change it so that it doesnt move files from a specific folder i.e. \\Server1\Databases\AMG
So am trying to edit the above code as following:
foreach($filter in $filters)
{
Get-Childitem $source -include *.* -Recurse | where {$_.source -notlike *"\\Server1\Databases\AMG"*} `
| ? {!$_.PsIsContainer -and $_.fullname -match $filter} `
| % {
Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination $destination"\$filter"
}
}
But if I run the code, it moves everything including the stuff from \\Server1\Databases\AMG
How can I fix this code to work as it is supposed to? Any ideas?
You need to change:
Get-Childitem $source -include *.* -Recurse | where {$_.source -notlike *"\\Server1\Databases\AMG"*}
To:
Get-Childitem $source -include *.* -Recurse | where {$_.fullname -notlike "*\\Server1\Databases\AMG*"}
There is no .source property returned by Get-Childitem. Instead you could use .fullname which is the full path for each file or folder.
You should put the * wildcard characters inside the quote marks.
So, the folder structure looks like this:
SourceFolder
file1.txt
file1.doc
Subfolder1
file2.txt
file2.doc
SubSubFolder
file3.txt
doc3.txt
What I want to do is copy all .txt files from folders, whose (folder) names contains the eng, to a destination folder. Just all the files inside the folder - not the file structure.
What I used is this:
$dest = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\Final"
$source = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\Test1"
Copy-Item $source\eng*\*.txt $dest -Recurse
The problem is that it copies the .txt files only from each parent folder but not the sub-folders.
How can I include all the sub-folders in this script and keep the eng name check as well? Can you please help me?
I am talking about PowerShell commands. Should I use robocopy instead?
Yet another PowerShell solution :)
# Setup variables
$Dst = 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\Final'
$Src = 'C:\Users\username\Desktop\Test1'
$FolderName = 'eng*'
$FileType = '*.txt'
# Get list of 'eng*' file objects
Get-ChildItem -Path $Src -Filter $FolderName -Recurse -Force |
# Those 'eng*' file objects should be folders
Where-Object {$_.PSIsContainer} |
# For each 'eng*' folder
ForEach-Object {
# Copy all '*.txt' files in it to the destination folder
Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path -Path $_.FullName -ChildPath '\*') -Filter $FileType -Destination $Dst -Force
}
You can do this :
$dest = "C:\NewFolder"
$source = "C:\TestFolder"
$files = Get-ChildItem $source -File -include "*.txt" -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.DirectoryName -like "*eng*" }
Copy-Item -Path $files -Destination $dest
Another take:
$SourceRoot = <Source folder path>
$TargetFolder = <Target folder path>
#(Get-ChildItem $SourceRoot -Recurse -File -Filter *.txt| Select -ExpandProperty Fullname) -like '*\eng*\*' |
foreach {Copy-Item $_ -Destination $TargetFolder}
It may be easier to first get a list of all the folders that contain eng in the name.
$dest = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\Final"
$source = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\Test1"
$engFolders = Get-ChildItem $source -Directory -Recurse | Where { $_.BaseName -match "^eng" }
Foreach ($folder In $engFolders) {
Copy-Item ($folder.FullName + "\*.txt") $dest
}
Fine to do that with powershell. Try:
$dest = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\Final"
$source = "C:\Users\username\Desktop\Test1"
Get-ChildItem $source -filter "*.txt" -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.DirectoryName -match "eng"} | ForEach-Object { Copy-Item $_.fullname $dest }