How to copy content of a folder to another specific folder using powershell?

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a, b, and c are files in a folder ~\Source\x\, and b, d, and f are files in a folder ~\Destination\x\. I want files a and c to be copied to ~\Destination\x\, and for ~\Destination\x\b to be replaced with ~\Source\x\b.

~\Destination\x\ should have a, b, c, d, and f.

yeah i was able to copy from one folder to other, but was unable to replace the files — Deepak
– Deepak, Commented Mar 30, 2016 at 14:00

spottedmahn · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-30 02:42:54Z

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Copy-Item with Force looks like what you are looking for.

[string]$sourceDirectory  = "C:\Source\*"
[string]$destinationDirectory = "C:\Destination\"
Copy-item -Force -Recurse -Verbose $sourceDirectory -Destination $destinationDirectory

Copy-item never delete extra files or folders in destination, but with -force it will overwrite if file already exists

edited Oct 30, 2020 at 2:42

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answered Mar 30, 2016 at 13:42

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Deepak Over a year ago

Hi Eric, its not overwriting, i have a "Me.txt" file(containg text 'overwritten') in a Sub-Folder(A1)in folder(Source) .also, a "Me.txt" file(containg text 'overwrite me') in a Sub-Folder(A1)in folder(Destination)..

Eric S Over a year ago

@Deepak Try my code again. I fixed up a couple of mistakes I had before.

Baz Guvenkaya Over a year ago

+1. I don't know if it will help anyone but if you're embedding a PS script in Octopus Deploy and using OD variables within this code (or any PS code with string operations), the OD variables has to be wrapped with the double quotes otherwise OD's PS doesn't compile it as a string i.e [string]$sourceDirectory = "#{MyODVariable}*"

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