Powershell Copy Directories - Using A CSV Listing - Source - Destination Path

For a csv like this:

Source,Destination
D:\junk\test1,D:\junk\test3 
D:\junk\test2,D:\junk\test4 

You can use code like the following:

$csv = Import-Csv D:\junk\test.csv 
$csv | ForEach-Object {
    if (-not (Test-Path $_.Destination)) {
        New-Item -Name $_.Destination -ItemType Directory -Force -WhatIf
    }
    Copy-Item $_.Source $_.Destination -Recurse -Force -WhatIf
}

Suggestions for learning more about PowerShell:

1. Use WhatIf to test things.

2. Research what each line of this code does.

3. Experiment with code to see what it does.

4. Learn and use the debugger (PowerShell ISE) to help you write better code.

5. Remove the WhatIf parameters from the code to have it execute for real...

If you have dozens of problems that all involve doing the same thing with each element of a list, you might want to consider getting or writing a generic CSV template expander tool, like Expand-csv. With this tool you start with a CSV file and a template, and generate a script that contains all the commands.

Sample.csv looks like this:

Source,Destination
C:\Users\WP\Desktop\a,C:\Users\WP\Desktop\c
C:\Users\WP\Desktop\b,C:\Users\WP\Desktop\d

Sample.tmplt looks like this:

Copy-Item -Path $Source -Destination $Destination -Recurse

And the command to invoke Expand-csv looks like this:

Expand-csv Sample.csv Sample.tmplt > Sample.ps1

The output file, Sample.ps1 contains one copy command for each entry in the CSV file

And here is the definition of Expand-csv:

<#  This function is a table driven template tool. 
    It's a refinement of an earlier attempt.

    It generates output from a template and
    a driver table.  The template file contains plain
    text and embedded variables.  The driver table 
    (in a csv file) has one column for each variable, 
    and one row for each expansion to be generated.

    5/13/2015

#>

function Expand-csv {
   [CmdletBinding()]
   Param(
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
      [string] $driver,
      [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
      [string] $template
   )
   Process
   {
      $OFS = "`r`n"
      $list = Import-Csv $driver
      [string]$pattern = Get-Content $template

      foreach ($item in $list) {
         foreach ($key in $item.psobject.properties) {
            Set-variable -name $key.name -value $key.value
            }
         $ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.ExpandString($pattern) 
         }
   }
}