Copying folder contents preserving the folder structure using powershell script

Question

I have the source folder structure as shown below

c:\TestResults
|-- Log
|   |-- xyz.pdf
|   `-- Reports
|       `-- rp.pdf
|-- Keywords
|   |-- key.txt
|   |   `-- pb.ea
|   `-- reports
|-- Test
|   |-- 11.pdf
|   |-- 12
|   `-- Log
|       |-- h1.pdf
|       `-- Reports
|           `-- h2.pdf
`-- Dev
    |-- st
    |-- ea
    `-- Log
        `-- Reports
            `-- h4.pdf

I need to copy all the "Log" folders while maintaining the folder structure. The destination path is "c:\Work\Logs\TestResults". The resultant structure should be as shown below.

c:\Work\Logs\TestResults
|-- Log
|   |-- xyz.pdf
|   `-- Reports
|       `-- rp.pdf
|-- Test
|   `-- Log
|       |-- h1.pdf
|       `-- Reports
|           `-- h2.pdf
`-- Dev
    `-- Log
        `-- Reports
            `-- h4.pdf

Is there an easy way of achieving this using a powershell script? Thanks!

Edit: Here's the code that I have written so far. It flattens the folder structure but doesn't maintain the hierarchy. I am new to powershell scripting. Please help.

$baseDir = "c:\TestResults"
$outputDir = "c:\Work\Logs"
$outputLogsDir = $outputDir + "\TestResults"
$nameToFind = "Log"

$paths = Get-ChildItem $baseDir -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer -and $_.Name.EndsWith($nameToFind)}

if(!(test-path $outputLogsDir))
{
   New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $outputLogsDir
}


foreach($path in $paths)
{
   $sourcePath = $path.FullName + "\*"   
   Get-ChildItem -Path $sourcePath | Copy-Item -Destination $outputLogsDir -Recurse -Container
}

As is this is a "give me teh codez" question. I suggest you take a look here and try some code first adamtheautomator.com/copy-item-copying-files-powershell — Nick.Mc
– Nick.Mc, Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 1:50
I will edit the question to include the code that I have written. The problem that I am having is that the folder structure is getting flattened out and doesn't maintain the hierarchy. — mantadt
– mantadt, Commented Jan 14, 2019 at 1:55

Drew · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-14 03:08:01Z

1

What you are after is as below. it will copy the item and dir if any part of it has "\log" in it.

$gci = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\TestResults" -Recurse

Foreach($item in $gci){
    If($item.FullName -like "*\log*"){
        Copy-Item -Path $item.FullName -Destination $($item.FullName.Replace("C:\TestResults","C:\Work\Logs\TestResults")) -Force
    }
}

answered Jan 14, 2019 at 3:08

Drew

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