Powershell - Copying Folders and Files

Two options for copying files are below.

  • Robocopy - More details can be found at Robocopy
  • Copy_Item cmdlet - More details can be found at Copy-Item

Copying Folder structure Only

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$source = "C:\tools\DevKit2\octopress-blog\source"
$dest = "D:\delete"
Copy-Item $source $dest -Filter {PSIsContainer} -Recurse -Force

#OR
robocopy $source $dest /e /xf *.*

# /e denotes all folder including empty folders. /xf denotes all files except one of format *.*
# /e can be replaced with /s for ignoring empty folders

Flattening Folder structure - Copy all files from nested folders to a single folder

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$source = "C:\tools\DevKit2\octopress-blog\source"
$dest = "D:\delete"
# Below is required only if we need to create destination folder. Uncomment below line if folder needs to be created
#New-Item $dest -type directory 

Get-ChildItem $source -Recurse | `
    Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -eq $False } | `
    ForEach-Object {Copy-Item -Path $_.Fullname -Destination $dest -Force}

Copy same folder structure

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$source = "C:\tools\DevKit2\octopress-blog\source"
$dest = "D:\delete"
robocopy $source $dest /e

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