PS-File-Copy

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PS-FileHandling

File Copy

Single file copy...

CopyItem -Path "C:\Users\mike\myfile.txt" -Destination "C:\Backup\myfile.txt"

CopyItem -Path "C:\Users\mike\myfile.txt" -Destination "C:\Backup\myfile.txt" -Force

To overwrite any existing file with the same name

Entire directory and subdirectory copy...

Copy-Item -Path "C:\Users\mike" -Destination "C:\Backup" -Recurse

Wildcards and filters...

Copy-Item -Path "C:\Users\mike\*.txt" -Destination "C:\Backup"

Copy-Item -Path "C:\Users\mike\*" -Destination "C:\Backup" -Filter "*.txt"

Both commands copy all files with a .txt extension

Include and Exclude...

Copy-Item -Path "C:\Users\mike\*" -Destination "C:\Backup" -Exclude "*.zip"

Copy-Item -Path "C:\Users\mike\*" -Destination "C:\Backup" -Include "*.txt","*.sql","*.pdf"

To check files are the same after copy see...

PS-File-Compare

To copy a file from your machine to a remote machine...

$session = New-PSSession mytargetservername

CopyItem -Path "C:\Users\mike\myfile.txt" -Destination "F:\myfolder\myfile.txt" -ToSession $session

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