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How to copy files with the specific extension in PowerShell?
To copy the files with the specific extension, you need to use the Get-ChildItem command. Through the Get-ChildItem you first need to retrieve the files with the specific extension(s) and then you need to pipeline Copy-Item command.
Here, we need to copy *.txt files from the source to the destination location.
First, we will retrieve all the *.txt files available in the source path.
Example
Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Filter *.txt
Output
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Filter *.txt Directory: D:\Temp Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 26-01-2020 19:20 13818 aliases.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 18:25 48 delim.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 17:25 14 GetContentExample.txt -a---- 17-01-2020 22:04 55190 Processes.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 18:22 27620 ReadC.txt -ar--- 13-01-2020 18:19 0 Readonlyfile.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 18:44 22 stream1.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 16:26 27620 testreadC.txt
We are going to copy the above files to the destination folder.
Example
Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Filter *.txt | Copy-Item - Destination D:\TempContent\ -Force -PassThru
Output
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Filter *.txt | Copy-Item -Destination D:\TempContent\ -Force -PassThru Directory: D:\TempContent Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 26-01-2020 19:20 13818 aliases.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 18:25 48 delim.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 17:25 14 GetContentExample.txt -a---- 17-01-2020 22:04 55190 Processes.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 18:22 27620 ReadC.txt -ar--- 13-01-2020 18:19 0 Readonlyfile.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 18:44 22 stream1.txt -a---- 18-01-2020 16:26 27620 testreadC.txt
Updated on: 12-Mar-2020
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