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powershell Copying files into new directories - best way

I'm using this answer to try to copy files to a new location using a .csv list where OldName is the current file name and NewName is the new name including filepath. What is the best way to force the script to generate a new folder according to the new path?

For example:

OldName    NewName
A.pdf      C:\NewFolder\Anew.pdf

This is my script

$Copies = Import-Csv '.\copies.csv' -Header "OldName","NewName"

foreach($File in $Copies) {
    New-Item -Force $File.NewName -Type File
    Copy-Item $File.OldName $File.NewName
}

But this overwrites any files that stay in the same folder before they get copied.

Solution

  • Replace the line where you create the directory:

    New-Item -Force $File.NewName -Type File

    With this:

    $NewDir = ($File.NewName -as [System.IO.FileInfo]).DirectoryName
If (-not (Test-Path -Path $NewDir)) {
   New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $NewDir -Force | Out-Null
}