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Jason
Jason

Reputation: 1858

How to get a latest files from a different location

I want to copy the latest/modified files from a folder to another in PowerShell.

I am able to use the code below to see the latest files based on the LastWriteTime but I don't know how to copy them to another folder.

$latest = Get-ChildItem $dir -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 104

Answers (1)

Anton K
Anton K

Reputation: 4798

This code collects the required files into a $latest variable. Afterwards, the files, specified in the variable can be moved as follows:

Copy-Item $latest -Destination D:\Tmp -Recurse

Another way is to use the command pipeline instead of collecting the files into the variable:

Get-ChildItem $dir -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)} | Copy-Item -Destination D:\Tmp -Recurse

Obviously, you can use any other directory or variable instead of D:\Tmp

Upvotes: 1

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