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Change PowerShell script to eliminate 4 second pausing if file(s) not present in source

I would like to change this script so that only if the file exists, it performs the copy and then pauses for 4 seconds.

If the *.csv file(s) do not exist, then it should move on to the .bat file to perform the next function.

Thanks in advance for your help.

pushd "E:\Users\Users1\Inbound\"
if exist *.csv copy /b E:\Users\Users1\InboundCopy\*.csv amalgamated.csv
popd


ping -n 4 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 > nul
....

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Nemanja Jovic | MVP

Hey, something like

if (Test-Path 'pathToFile) {
   copy task here
}
else {
   bat task here
}

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oBdA

Same as before: you test, and if it doesn't exist, you goto to the next statement:

pushd "E:\Users\Users1\Inbound\"
if not exist *.csv goto End_Copy
	copy /b E:\Users\Users1\InboundCopy\*.csv amalgamated.csv
	ping -n 4 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 > nul
:End_Copy
popd

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Though again, I don't see the need for the pause (unless you want to have a bit of time to see the results).
The copy will be done when the call to copy returns, this is nothing that continues in the background.

E=mc2

ASKER

Thakns oBdA,

I tried using the same type of script that was presented yesterday with *.csv files but it did not copy if I remember well.

Thanks again.

oBdA

The reason might be that you have two different folders:
you "pushd" to "E:\Users\Users1\Inbound", but you copy from "E:\Users\Users1\InboundCopy"
If they are supposed to be the same, you might want to change that to something like

set source=E:\Users\Users1\Inbound
if not exist "%source%\*.csv" goto End_Copy
	copy /b "%source%\*.csv" "%source%\amalgamated.csv"
	ping -n 4 -w 1000 127.0.0.1 > nul
:End_Copy

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Edit: Fixed target path

E=mc2

ASKER

Thanks oBDA,

They should be 2 different folders since teh *.csv file or files are in the source or at the push d folder, yet it needs to be copied to the destination folder which is different.

The goal is to take all *.csv files and copy them to a new folder into a new file named amalgamated.csv

Hope this helps.

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E=mc2

ASKER

Yes that's right the copy needs to be to a different folder to amalgamate the files.

Thanks again, will try this.