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path as parameter powershell

I have problem with path. I need to copy all files from directory I add as 1st parameter in Powershell command.

Now I have:

Copy-Item -Path "$args[0]/" -Filter*.*

So it will copy to location I am now (and it's ok, I don't want other location) but it doesn't copy anything. Please help.

Solution

  • Pretty sure the issue is that the 0 element in $args is not expanding in the string creating an invalid path. Wrap the variable in $() to allow it to expand inside a double quoted string. Else you would end up trying to copy the folder C:\TEST[0]/ which obviously is not correct. 

    Copy-Item -Path "$($args[0])/" -Filter *.* -Recurse

    Not yet sure why you have a forward slash in there since Windows pathing uses backslashes.

    function Copy-Something(){
    test-Path "$($args[0])/"
    test-path "$($args[0])"
}

Copy-Something C:\temp

    With what little you have provided the output shows that it might be redundant to have the slash there. Would also recommend calling Test-Path on the argument anyway as it might have caught this for you. 

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    From Question Comment

    You are looking for the -Recurse parameter if you also want folder contents.

    From Answer Comment

    If you want the contents and not the folder you should be able to do something like this:

    Copy-Item -Path "$($args[0])\*" -Filter *.* -Recurse