Create a folder structure using PowerShell

Question

I would like to create this folder structure using PowerShell:

D:\feb\win10\x64\Folder1
                 folder2

Martin Brandl · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-20 09:48:29Z

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You are looking for the New-Item cmdlet.

Here an example to create a single folder using the New-Item cmdlet:

New-item "D:\feb#16\LV2\7212\win10\x64\audio" -ItemType Directory -force

Certainly you could do this for each the subfolders you want to create. You could also create a list of your subfolders using @('folder1' ,'folder2', ...) and iterate over these subfolders to create them. The following example uses the Join-Path cmdlet to combine the base path with the current sub folder which is $_ (the current pipeline object) and creates the directory using the above mentioned New-Item cmdlet:

@('audio', 'chipset', 'communication', 'docks', 'input', 'network', 'security', 'storage', 'video') |
    ForEach-Object {
        New-Item (Join-Path 'D:\feb#16\LV2\7212\win10\x64\' $_) -ItemType Directory -force
    }

edited Feb 20, 2018 at 9:48

answered Feb 20, 2018 at 7:34

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6 Comments

gvee Over a year ago

I feel that this might be over-complicated for a newbie. I would recommend you include a most basic example to create a single folder and explain your code in a bit more detail!

Shuhaib K V Over a year ago

as a newbie its helped me your descriptions also to understand. am expecting more helps from you guys. :)

Shuhaib K V Over a year ago

hi @MartinBrandl can you help me the same scenario with parsing a Excel sheet for giving folder names. like Audio,chip set.....

Martin Brandl Over a year ago

probably yes, but please start a new question

Shuhaib K V Over a year ago

@MartinBrandl ok i will start a new question

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