check multiple files in folder and subfolders

Question

Hi all,

Is it possible to check for multiple files in folders and subfolders.
After the check do a copy.

I already made the copy part.

Get-Childitem "C:\Temp\*" -Include "test3.txt","test8.txt","test1.txt","test9.txt" -Recurse | foreach-object{Copy-Item -Path $_ -Destination "Q:\" -PassThru -recurse -Force}

I need help with the if part and how to use the test-path.

Answer 1

Hi，

If you want to know whether the file exists before copying it you can do it like this

$files = "test3.txt","test8.txt","test1.txt","test9.txt"  
$source = "C:\Temp\"  
$destination = "Q:\"  
foreach($file in $files){  
    $obj = Get-ChildItem -Path $source -Include $file -Recurse  
    if(-not $obj)  
    {  
        write-host "$file not found"  
    }  
    else{  
        Copy-Item -Path $obj.FullName -Destination $destination -Recurse -Force  
    }  
}  

Best Regards，
Ian Xue

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Answer 2

How can I make this more simple?

Full path of the folder

$folder1 = 'c:\users\backupnt04\downloads'

If the folder exists, show message it exist.

if (Test-Path -Path $folder1 -PathType Container) {
try {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder1] exist."
} catch {throw $_.Exception.Message}
}

If the file does not exist, show a message it doesn't exist.

else {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder1] does not exist."
}

$folder2 = 'c:\users\backupnt04\desktop'

if (Test-Path -Path $folder2 -PathType Container) {
try {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder2] exist."
} catch {throw $_.Exception.Message}
}

else {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder2] does not exist."
}

$folder3 = 'c:\users\shicorp\downloads'

if (Test-Path -Path $folder3 -PathType Container) {
try {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder3] exist."
} catch {throw $_.Exception.Message}
}

else {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder3] does not exist."
}

$folder4 = 'c:\users\shicorp\desktop'

if (Test-Path -Path $folder4 -PathType Container) {
try {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder3] exist."
} catch {throw $_.Exception.Message}
}

else {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder4] does not exist."
}

$folder5 = 'c:\users\cfahey\downloads'

if (Test-Path -Path $folder5 -PathType Container) {
try {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder3] exist."
} catch {throw $_.Exception.Message}
}

else {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder5] does not exist."
}

$folder6 = 'c:\users\cfahey\desktop'

if (Test-Path -Path $folder6 -PathType Container) {
try {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder3] exist."
} catch {throw $_.Exception.Message}
}

else {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder6] does not exist."
}

$folder7 = 'c:\users\jburke\downloads'

if (Test-Path -Path $folder7 -PathType Container) {
try {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder3] exist."
} catch {throw $_.Exception.Message}
}

else {Write-Host "Checked: The folder [$folder7] does not exist."
}

Answer 3

Hi @Siu Yip ,

please take a look on the script if this fits your requirement:

$folders = "./Junk/1","./Junk/2","./Junk/3","./Junk/4","./Junk/5","./Junk/6"  
$folders | ForEach-Object {  
    Write-Host "Checking folder $_"  
    if (Test-Path -Path $_ -PathType Container) {  
        Write-Host "Folder $_ exists"}  
    else {Write-Host "Folder $_ does not exist"}  
}  

Result looks like this (on my Mac):

Instead of relative paths (like .\Junk\1) you can use absolut paths as well (like c:\users\cfahey\desktop)

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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 4

Thanks so very much AndreasBaumgarten.

Answer 5

One last question if possible. What's the powershell command to check for a filename test.txt on C:\users including all subdirectories?