Folder copy script

Quite simple command:
Try this:

cp -r c:\sourcefolder\*-2008* d:\destinationfolder\

This will copy only 2008 folders

Thanks mani,

Is should this be run from Powershell?

For power shell you could do this

$folders = get-childitem C:\test | where{$_.name -match "-2008" -and $_.psiscontainer -eq "True"}
Foreach($Folder in $folders){
Move-item $folder.fullname C:\Test1
}

I dont know if you have just one level or multiple levels.

You could also use robocopy with the exclusion switch to include only -2008 folders

I would go for RoboCopy because if your structure is large you may run into problems with Path length when using PowerShell.

PowerShell is a .NET language and uses System.IO to handle file listing (as well as other file operations). For security reasons paths are limited to a maximum of 259 or 260 characters, any longer and the script will error.

RoboCopy on the other hand will allow paths up to 32000 characters long and should have no problem with any kind of copy.

Chris

Hi Chris,

So what script would I need to use from robocopy to do this? Would i use the one Mani has given me?

Thanks

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