Powershell - How copy list of files to destination

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I have a textfile (myfile.txt) that contains the source/destination of files to copy. For example....

c:\work\test1.txt \\server.usa.svr.com\sites\mysite\ztest1.txt
c:\work\test2.txt \\server.usa.svr.com\sites\mysite\ztest2.txt
c:\work\test3.txt \\server.usa.svr.com\sites\mysite\ztest3.txt
c:\work\test4.txt \\server.usa.svr.com\sites\mysite\ztest4.txt
c:\work\test5.txt \\server.usa.svr.com\sites\mysite\ztest5.txt
c:\work\test6.txt \\server.usa.svr.com\sites\mysite\ztest6.txt

Using powershell how can I open the file and copy from source to destination, for each file. Also, giving a status if error or success?

Thanks!

Why not quick and dirty? Replace c:\ with cp c:\, save as .ps1 and run the script. — vonPryz
– vonPryz, Commented Feb 19, 2014 at 9:49

Joey · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-19 17:11:17Z

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If you don't have spaces in file names (or they are properly quoted) you can try the following:

Import-Csv myfile.txt -Delimiter ' ' -Header Path,Destination | Copy-Item

You can pipe to Copy-Item -WhatIf first to see whether it's doing the right thing.

edited Feb 19, 2014 at 17:11

answered Feb 19, 2014 at 10:03

Joey

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