we are having folder/sub folder structure for our application.
Whenever we are adding new modules, we have to copy the folder structures exactly without copying files.
How to copy the folders and subfolders in the hierarchy but leaving the files alone?
This is a bit 'hacky' as Powershell doesn't handle this very well... received wisdom says to use xCopy or Robocopy but if you really need to use Powershell, this seems to work OK:
$src = 'c:\temp\test\'
$dest = 'c:\temp\test2\'
$dirs = Get-ChildItem $src -recurse | where {$_.PSIsContainer}
foreach ($dir in $dirs)
{
$target = ($dir.Fullname -replace [regex]::Escape($src), $dest)
if (!(test-path $target))
{
New-Item -itemtype "Directory" $target -force
}
}
$source = "<yoursourcepath>"
$destination = "<yourdestinationpath>"
Get-ChildItem -Path $source -Recurse -Force |
Where-Object { $_.psIsContainer } |
ForEach-Object { $_.FullName -replace [regex]::Escape($source), $destination } |
ForEach-Object { $null = New-Item -ItemType Container -Path $_ }
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I have a directory with three files: .xlsx, .docx, and .txt, I also have folders in that same directory called xlsx, docx and txt. Basically trying to put each file into its corresponding folder, as a way to practice my PowerShell skills. I'm very new to PowerShell and have tried the following. I can tell its wrong, but I'm not quite sure why.
$folders = Get-ChildItem -Directory
$files = Get-ChildItem -File
foreach ($file in $files) {
foreach ($folder in $folders) {
if ("*$file.extension*" -like "*$folder.Name*") {
move-item $file -Destination "C:\Users\userA\Desktop\$folder.name"
}
}
}
Try the code below. With the Where-Object function, you find the corresponding file. I remove the dot because it is included in the extension otherwise.
$folders = Get-ChildItem -Directory
$files = Get-ChildItem -File
foreach ($file in $files) {
$folder = $folders | Where-Object { $_.Name -Like $file.Extension.Replace(".","") }
Move-Item -Path $file -Destination $folder
}
In your example, be careful how your strings are actually been interpreted. If you have "*$item.Name*" the string actually "* variable.Name*". In this case you need to use "*$($var.Name)*" in order to get the correct string.
Here are some adjustments to your approach that make it work. Breaking the -Destination parameter out to a separate variable $newpath lets you set a debug statement there so you can easily examine what it's creating.
$folders = Get-ChildItem -Directory
$files = Get-ChildItem -File
foreach ($file in $files) {
foreach ($folder in $folders) {
if ($file.extension.trim(".") -like $folder.Name) {
$newpath = ("{0}\{1}" -f $folder.FullName, $file.Name)
move-item $file -Destination $newpath
}
}
}
You could even create target folders for extensions if they do not exist yet:
$SourceFolder = C:\sample
$TargetFolder = D:\sample
Get-ChildItem -Path $SourceFolder -File |
ForEach-Object{
$DesinationFolder = Join-Path -Path $TargetFolder -ChildPath $_.Extension.TrimStart('.')
if(-not (Test-Path -Path $DesinationFolder)){
New-Item -Path $DesinationFolder -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
}
Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $DesinationFolder -Force
}
I'm targeting simple task.
I would like to create folder of constant name "jpg" in all subfolders of supplied root folder "D:Temp\IMG" and move all files in every subfolder with extension ".jpg" to that newly created "jpg" folder.
I thought I'll be able to solve this by myself without deep knowledge of powershell, but it seems I have to ask.
So far, I created this code
$Directory = dir D:\Temp\IMG\ | ?{$_.PSISContainer};
foreach ($d in $Directory) {
Write-Host "Working on directory $($d.FullName)..."
Get-ChildItem -Path "$($d.FullName)" -File -Recurse -Filter '*.jpg' |
ForEach-Object {
$Dest = "$($d.DirectoryName)\jpg"
If (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath $Dest))
{New-Item -Path $Dest -ItemType 'Directory' -Force}
Move-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $Dest
}
}
What I'm getting out of this is infinite loop of folder "jpg" creation in every subfolder.
Where is my code and logic failing here, please?
The following script would do the job.
$RootFolder = "F:\RootFolder"
$SubFolders = Get-ChildItem -Path $RootFolder -Directory
Foreach($SubFolder in $SubFolders)
{
$jpgPath = "$($SubFolder.FullName)\jpg"
New-Item -Path $jpgPath -ItemType Directory -Force
$jpgFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $SubFolder.FullName -Filter "*.jpg"
Foreach($jpgFile in $jpgFiles)
{
Move-Item -Path $jpgFile.FullName -Destination "$jpgPath\"
}
}
This will accomplish what you are attempting, I'm pretty sure. Your original script doesn't actually recurse, despite specifying that you want it to (Get-ChildItem has some finicky syntax around that), so I fixed that. Also fixed my suggestion (I forgot that the Extension property includes the preceding dot, so 'FileName.jpg' has '.jpg' as the extension). I added in some checking, and have it throw warnings if the file already exists at the destination.
$Directory = dir D:\Temp\IMG\ -Directory
foreach ($d in $Directory) {
Write-Host "Working on directory $($d.FullName)..."
Get-ChildItem -Path "$($d.fullname)\*" -File -Recurse -filter '*.jpg' |
Where{$_.Directory.Name -ne $_.Extension.TrimStart('.')}|
ForEach-Object {
$Dest = join-path $d.FullName $_.Extension.TrimStart('.')
If (!(Test-Path -LiteralPath $Dest))
{New-Item -Path $Dest -ItemType 'Directory' -Force|Out-Null}
If(Test-Path ($FullDest = Join-Path $Dest $_.Name)){
Write-Warning "Filename conflict moving:`n $($_.FullName)`nTo:`n $FullDest"
}Else{
Move-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $Dest -Verbose
}
}
}
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
}
All my files are in specific folders:
17\1\1\PRO
17\1\2\PRO
17\2\1\PRO
xx\xx\xx\PRO
17 is the year (so 18 for next year etc)
the first 1 is the folder specifying the case number (can be up to 100).
The second 1 is the sub parts on the case number.
That last 1 has a folder PRO in it where all data resides.
We need to move these files, but the files need to stay inside their respective "PRO" folders.
For example:
a file in 17\1\1\pro\xxx\www\ needs to go to 17\1\1\pro\movies
a file in 17\2\2\pro\xxdfsdf\eeee\ needs to go to 17\2\2\pro\movies.
The movies folder should get created if there are files to move.
I need to get a part of the full name of a file and move the file there to the "movie" folder. The problem is I do not know how to split the full name, add \movies to it and move the files there.
This is my code so far:
Get-ChildItem -Path $mypath -Recurse -File -Filter $extension | select $_Fullname |
Move-Item -Force -Destination ($_Fullname.Split("pro"))
If the destination is always "movies subdirectory of the grandparent directory of the file's directory" you can build the destination path relative to the file's location:
Get-ChildItem ... | ForEach-Object {
$dst = Join-Path $_.Directory '..\..\movies'
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $dst -PathType Container)) {
New-Item -Type Directory -Path $dst | Out-Null
}
Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination $dst
}
If the PRO directory is your anchor you could use a regular expression replacement like this instead:
Get-ChildItem ... | ForEach-Object {
$dst = $_.Directory -replace '^(.*\\\d+\\\d+\\\d+\\PRO)\\.*', '$1\movies'
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $dst -PathType Container)) {
New-Item -Type Directory -Path $dst | Out-Null
}
Move-Item $_.FullName -Destination $dst
}
If you don't know how many directories there are, I would do something like this:
Get-ChildItem -Path $mypath -Recurse -File -Filter $extension | ForEach-Object {
if ($_.FullName.IndexOf('\PRO\') -gt 0) {
$Destination = Join-Path -Path $_.FullName.Substring(0,$_.FullName.IndexOf('\PRO\') + 5) -ChildPath 'movies';
New-Item $Destination -ItemType Directory -ea Ignore;
$_ | Move-Item -Destination $Destination;
} else {
throw ("\PRO\ path not found in '$($_.FullName)'");
}
}
This will work fine as long as your paths only have \pro\ once. If they have it more than once like customer\pro\17\pro\17\1\1\pro\xx\yy\zz\www and you need the last index, then use $_.FullName.LastIndexOf('\pro\').
If you've got \pro\ directories both before and after the directory that .\pro\movies\ is in, well, you're in trouble. You'll probably have to find a different point of reference.
With a set of folders
17\1\1\PRO
17\1\2\PRO
17\2\1\PRO
You could try the following
$RootPaths = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\folder\*\*\*\pro
$RootPaths will then contain all 3 paths mentioned above and the code below will move all files to the appropriate directory.
ForEach( $Path in $RootPaths)
{
$Movies = Join-Path $Path -Child "Movies"
If( -not (Test-Path $Movies ) ) { New-Item -Path $Movies -ItemType Directory }
Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse -File -Filter $Extension |
Move-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination "$( $Path )\Movies"
}
This way it doesn't matter how many levels down your files are. They always get moved to the same directory.
I'm trying to move all items except a certain type of file. In this case *.msg. It does fine if the excluded file resides within the parent folder. However, the moment that same type of file is located within a subdirectory, it fails to leave the file in place and instead moves it to the new location.
username = Get-Content '.\users.txt'
foreach ($un in $username)
{
$destA = "c:\users\$un\redirectedfolders\mydocuments"
$destB = "c:\users\$un\redirectedfolders\desktop"
$sourceA = "C:\users\$un\mydocuments"
$sourceB = "C:\users\$un\desktop"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $destA, $destB
Get-ChildItem $sourceA -Exclude '*.msg' -Recurse | Move-Item -Destination {Join-Path $destA $_.FullName.Substring($sourceA.length)}
Get-ChildItem $sourceB -Exclude '*.msg' -Recurse | Move-Item -Destination {Join-Path $destB $_.FullName.Substring($sourceB.length)}
}
This is due to the filtering done by the Get-ChildItem exclude filter. It's kind of a known issue, and if you really want I could probably dig up some reference documentation, but it may take some time. Regardless, GCI doesn't handle wildcards very well when it comes to filtering things. What you are probably better off doing is piping it to a Where command like this:
$username = Get-Content '.\users.txt'
foreach ($un in $username)
{
$destA = "c:\users\$un\redirectedfolders\documents"
$destB = "c:\users\$un\redirectedfolders\desktop"
$sourceA = "C:\users\$un\documents"
$sourceB = "C:\users\$un\desktop"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $destA, $destB
GCI $sourceA -recurse | ?{$_.Extension -ne ".msg" -and !$_.PSIsContainer} | %{
$CurDest = Join-Path $destA $_.FullName.Substring($sourceA.length)
If(!(Test-Path $CurDest.SubString(0,$CurDest.LastIndexOf("\")))){New-Item -Path $CurDest -ItemType Directory|Out-Null}
$_ | Move-Item -Destination $CurDest
}
GCI $sourceB -recurse | ?{$_.Extension -ne ".msg" -and !$_.PSIsContainer} | %{
$CurDest = Join-Path $destB $_.FullName.Substring($sourceB.length)
If(!(Test-Path $CurDest.SubString(0,$CurDest.LastIndexOf("\")))){New-Item -Path $CurDest -ItemType Directory|Out-Null}
$_ | Move-Item -Destination $CurDest
}
}
Edit: Ok, now excludes folders, and also keeps folder structure.
Edit2: Re-designed to do a ForEach loop on the files, build the destination path as $CurDest, test to make sure it exists and make it if it doesn't, then move the files. Also changed mydocuments to documents which is the path to a user's My Documents folder.