PowerShell copy-item folder structure is NOT wanted

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The folder named "z:\original" has hundreds of sub-folders containing multiple copies of the same .jpg files. I wanted to copy all .jpg files into a folder named "z:\dump" WITHOUT the folder structure and hopefully overwrite most of the copies. I used

copy-Item -path "Z:\original" -filter "*.jpg" -Destination "Z:\dump" -recurse -verbose

but this recreated the structure with the .jpg files. How can I dump all files into a single folder, using PowerShell?

andr3yk · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-05 01:19:17Z

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Use combination of dir/Get-ChildItem and Copy-Item with pipeline.

$_.FullName - Full path to jpg file

$_.Name is file name only

Get-ChildItem Z:\original\*.jpg -Recurse | %{Copy-Item $_.FullName "Z:\dump\$($_.Name)"}

You might need to add -Force to overwrite same files

answered Jan 5, 2021 at 1:19

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