Vista - copy files in folders to a single folder

Hi all

I am trying to find out a way to copy all the files that are in a folder
and its subfolders (a folder tree) into a single folder (so all files
are in the same folder. In other words I am trying to consolidate al
files from a tree of folders into a single folder with no subfolders).
If the file already exist in the target folder, the script should add a
progressive number to the the file name.

I have tried to use robocopy and xcopy to to this, perhaps powershell
can handle it?

Thanks a lot!

Remove copy-item' -whatIf switch when you're ready to go.


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$root="c:\temp"
$destination="d:\temp"
$counter=0

dir $root -recurse | where {!$_.PSIsContainer} | foreach {

$tmp=$_.name
$path=join-path $destination $tmp

if(test-path $path){

while(test-path (join-path $destination $tmp)){
$tmp= "{0}{1}{2}" -f [io.path]::GetFileNameWithOutExtension($_.name),$counter,$_.Extension
$counter++
}

$counter=0
}

copy-item $_ (join-path $destination $tmp) -whatIf
}




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Shay Levi wrote:Ohhhh

thanks a lot :-) !!!

I am going to study the code...

Thank you again!

hugh

Hi I tried it but i get an error , I think th eproblem might be in the
variables?


Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\sandbox\file1.txt' because it does not
exist.
At C:\sandbox\copytosinglefolder.ps1:20 char:14
+ copy-item <<<< $_ (join-path $destination $tmp) -whatIf
Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\sandbox\file2.txt' because it does not
exist.
At C:\sandbox\copytosinglefolder.ps1:20 char:14
+ copy-item <<<< $_ (join-path $destination $tmp) -whatIf
Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'C:\sandbox\file3.txt' because it does not
exist.
At C:\sandbox\copytosinglefolder.ps1:20 char:14
+ copy-item <<<< $_ (join-path $destination $tmp) -whatIf





Shay Levi wrote:

Try this:



$root="c:\temp"
$destination="d:\temp"
$counter=0

dir $root -recurse | where {!$_.PSIsContainer} | foreach {

$tmp= join-path $destination $_.name

if(test-path $tmp){

while(test-path $tmp){
$tmp= "{0}\{1}{2}{3}" -f $destination,[io.path]::GetFileNameWithOutExtension($_.name),$counter,$_.Extension
$counter++
}

$counter=0
}

copy-item $_.fullname $tmp
}







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$cript Fanatic
http://scriptolog.blogspot.com