CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershell
JJD
JJD

Reputation: 412

Copy files listed in a txt document, keeping multiple files of the same name in PowerShell

I have a bunch of lists of documents generated in powershell using this command:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse |
    Select-String -Pattern "acrn164524" |
    group Path |
    select Name > test.txt

In this example it generates a list of files containing the string acrn164524 the output looks like this:

Name                                                             
----                                                             
C:\data\logo.eps
C:\data\invoice.docx
C:\data\special.docx
InputStream
C:\datanew\special.docx

I have been using

Get-Content "test.txt" | ForEach-Object {
    Copy-Item -Path $_ -Destination "c:\destination\" -Recurse -Container -Force
}

However, this is an issue if two or more files have the same name and also throws a bunch of errors for any lines in the file that are not a path.

sorry if I was not clear enough I would like to keep files with the same name by appending something to the end of the file name.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 62

Answers (1)

Tomalak
Tomalak

Reputation: 338208

You seem to want the files, not the output of Select-String. So let's keep the files.

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {
    $_ | Select-String acrn164524 -Quiet
} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName | Out-File test.txt

Here

  • -File will make Get-ChildItem only return actual files. Think about using a filter like *.txt to reduce the workload more.
  • -Quiet will make Select-String return $true or $false, which is perfect for Where-Object.

Instead of Select-Object -ExpandProperty X in order to retrieve an array of raw property values (as opposed to an array of PSObjects, which is what Select-Object would normally do), it's simpler to use ForEach-Object X instead.

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Where-Object {
    $_ | Select-String acrn164524 -Quiet
} | ForEach-Object FullName | Out-File test.txt

Upvotes: 1

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