Powershell Replace issues

Question

I have this script that works perfect

$Source= "C:\Dir1" 

$Destination= "C:\Dir2" 

$LogfilePath= $Destination + "\Log.txt"

 Get-ChildItem -Path $Source -File -Recurse | ForEach-Object {

     $NewDir = $_.DirectoryName.Replace($Source, $Destination) 

     #see if destination directory exists

     if(-not(Test-Path -Path $NewDir)){

         New-Item -Path $NewDir -ItemType Directory | Out-Null   

     }

     Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $NewDir

     Write-Host '.' -NoNewline

     #added to validate time stamp in log file is working

 Start-Sleep -Seconds 1

     "$([DateTime]::Now) copied - '$($_.name)' from '$($_.DirectoryName)' to '$NewDir' Size: $([System.Math]::Round(($($_.Length)/1KB),2))KB"  | Add-Content $LogfilePath

 }

If i try to get user input for $source

$Source= Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the source directory (example c:\dir1)"

The Replace does not work. It keeps it as $source instead of making it Dir2

Can anyone help me figure this out? I have been messing with it for a couple hours now

Answer 1

Hi, my name is Anderson Souza, I hope I can help you with your issue.

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