Powershell - Copy Folder

Cmdlet

Copy-Item cmdlet is used to copy a directory by passing the path of the directory to be copied and destination path where the folder is to be copied.

Example 1

In this example, we'll copy a folder D:\Temp\Test Folder as D:\Temp\Test Folder1

Type the following command in PowerShell ISE Console

Copy-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder' 'D:\temp\Test Folder1'

You can see the Test Folder1 in Windows Explorer created.

Example 2

In this example, we'll copy a folder recursively D:\Temp\Test Folder to D:\Temp\Test Folder1

Type the following command in PowerShell ISE Console

Copy-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder' -Destination 'D:\temp\Test Folder1'

You can see the content of Test Folder1 in Windows Explorer where it contains both the Test Folder and test file.