Wildcard folder match powershell - windows

I have following Power Shell script I need to modify.
$filepath = "F:\feeds\Amazon\"
$temppath = $filepath+"temp.csv"
$files = ls -Path $filepath *.csv
foreach ($file in $files){
gc $file.FullName |
% { if($_.indexOf("|~|") -eq -1) {$_ -replace "`"((?:`"`"|.)*?)`"(?!`")", "|~|`$1|~|" -replace "`"`"", "`""} else {$_ -replace " ", " "}} |
sc $temppath
ri $file.fullName
rni -Path $temppath -NewName $file.fullName
}
This script loops through all .csv files in a defined folder and change the text qualifier. Now I need to change this a bit and I am stucked.
Basically my CSV files are spitted into multiple folders like. Amazon1, Amazon2, Amazon3 .. so on. Is there anything wild card match sort of things I can do here so that it looks into all folders whose name starting with Amazon?
I Don't want to loop through folders.

... The * character? Try this:
$filepath = "F:\feeds\Amazon*"
$files = ls -Path $filepath *.csv -recurse
foreach ($file in $files){
$temppath = $file.directoryName+"\temp.csv"
gc $file.FullName |
% { if($_.indexOf("|~|") -eq -1) {$_ -replace "`"((?:`"`"|.)*?)`"(?!`")", "|~|`$1|~|" -replace "`"`"", "`""} else {$_ -replace " ", " "}} |
sc $temppath
ri $file.fullName
rni -Path $temppath -NewName $file.fullName
}

Yes withe Get-child-Item Cmdlet (dir) you can use wild card match on folders :
Get-ChildItem "C:\temp\Amazon?\" -include *.csv -Recurse

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Getting root folder name with PS

I am trying to create a PowerShell script to fetch the root folder's name where in their subdirectories files with error names are present with today's date. Below is the sample code I have tried so far to pick the folder names.
Root Log folder - C:\Errorlogs, contains many other application log level folders.
$targetDir="C:\Errorlogs"
Get-ChildItem $targetDir -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force -Filter "*Error*"|
where {([datetime]::now.Date -eq $_.lastwritetime.Date)} |
select FullName
I have tried the above code; however, it's giving me the whole path as result, whereas I only need the folder name.
Result - C:\Errorlogs\AsyncCreateUsersAPIProcessor\202302\04\Error.txt
Required - AsyncCreateUsersAPIProcessor
Use string LastIndexOf and SubString
$rootPath = "C:\Temp\Errorlogs"
$date = [DateTime]::Now.ToString("yyyyMM\\\\dd")
$pattern = '\\(?<folder>\w+)\\' + $date + '\\Error.*$'
$files = Get-ChildItem -Path $rootPath -Recurse | Select-Object -Property Fullname | Where-Object {$_.Fullname -Match $pattern}
foreach($file in $files)
{
$file.Fullname -match $pattern
Write-Host "folder = " $Matches.folder
}
Looks like you can do it just with splitting the path using \ as delimiter then picking the 3rd token (2nd index of an array):
$targetDir = "C:\Errorlogs"
Get-ChildItem $targetDir -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force -Filter "*Error*" |
Where-Object { [datetime]::Now.Date -eq $_.LastWriteTime.Date } |
Select-Object #{ N='Name'; E={ $_.FullName.Split('\')[2] }}
Another option if you want 2 levels up in the folder hierarchy is to query the .Directory property of the file then the .Parent property of the parent folder (2 times or as many times as needed):
$targetDir = "C:\Errorlogs"
Get-ChildItem $targetDir -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force -Filter "*Error*" |
Where-Object { [datetime]::Now.Date -eq $_.LastWriteTime.Date } |
Select-Object #{ N='Name'; E={ $_.Directory.Parent.Parent.Name }}
As long as the subfolders inside the folder you are after all have numeric-only names, you can loop backwards to get at the first non-numeric foldername and output that.
$targetDir = "C:\Errorlogs"
Get-ChildItem -Path $targetDir -File -Filter "*Error*" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Where-Object { [datetime]::Now.Date -eq $_.LastWriteTime.Date } | ForEach-Object {
$parentDir = $_.Directory
while ($parentDir.Name -match '^\d+$') { $parentDir = $parentDir.Parent }
$parentDir.Name
}
That way, even a path C:\Errorlogs\AsyncCreateUsersAPIProcessor\202302\02\04\1234\567\Error.txt would produce folder name AsyncCreateUsersAPIProcessor

Is there a way to rename files in bulk by the name of their folder?

I'm trying to write a PowerShell script that goes into every folder in a certain directory, and every child with the parent.
Example:
Z:\Folder1\File.txt
Z:\Folder1\Picture.jpeg
Z:\Folder1\Data.csv
Z:\Folder2\File.txt
Z:\Folder2\Picture.jpeg
Z:\Folder2\Data.csv
=
Z:\Folder1\Folder1.txt
Z:\Folder1\Folder1.jpeg
Z:\Folder1\Folder1.csv
Z:\Folder2\Folder2.txt
Z:\Folder2\Folder2.jpeg
Z:\Folder2\Folder2.csv
I have this so far
dir | rename-item -NewName {$_.name -replace *,"Folder1"}
Please let me know how I can loop through every folder, and how I can rename them based on the folder name.
Thanks!
This should do what you're asking:
Get-ChildItem Z:\Folder* -Directory | Get-ChildItem -File | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.DirectoryName.split('\')[-1] + $_.Extension } -WhatIf
Adjust the folder name filter (.\Folder*) as required and remove the -WhatIf if you're satisfied with the changes it will make.
Obviously this doesn't account for where you might have a name clash if there are two files in the folder with the same extension. The following would do that:
$FilesToRename = Get-ChildItem Z:\Folder* -Directory | Get-ChildItem -File
foreach ($FileToRename in $FilesToRename) {
$NewName = $FileToRename.DirectoryName.split('\')[-1] + $FileToRename.Extension
$NewFile = Join-Path $FileToRename.Directory $NewName
$i = 0
While (Test-Path $NewFile) {
$i = $i++
$NewName = $FileToRename.DirectoryName.split('\')[-1] + "[$i]" + $FileToRename.Extension
$NewFile = Join-Path $FileToRename.Directory $NewName
}
$FileToRename | Rename-Item -NewName $NewName
}

Moving all folders and subfolders from one drive to another drive using Powershell

Iam using Powershell script to Move folders from one Drive to another.
Here is what i have tried.
Get-ChildItem -Recurse "C:\Personal" | where-object {$_.lastwritetime -gt '5-25-2015'} | foreach {move-item "$($_.FullName)" "D:\Personal"}
This is working if i am moving files within same drive i.e either from cdrive to c drive or d drive to d drive.
But this is not working when iam trying to move from c drive to d drive,...iam getting error like
Move-Item : The file exists.
At line:1 char:113
+ Get-ChildItem -Recurse "C:\Development" | where-object {($_.lastwritetime -lt (get-date))} | foreach {move-item <<<<
"$($_.FullName)" "D:\Development1"}
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (C:\Development\test3.txt:FileInfo) [Move-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MoveFileInfoItemIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MoveItemCommand
Please correct me..
What means "this is not working"?
The recurse flag seems to indicate you want to copy a directory structure. This will only work if your target directory already has the same structure as your source. If not, you have to create it along the way. Something like this would work:
function Move-Directories
{
param (
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $source,
[parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string] $destination
)
try
{
Get-ChildItem -Path $source -Recurse -Force |
Where-Object { $_.psIsContainer } |
ForEach-Object { $_.FullName -replace [regex]::Escape($source), $destination } |
ForEach-Object { $null = New-Item -ItemType Container -Path $_ }
Get-ChildItem -Path $source -Recurse -Force |
Where-Object { (-not $_.psIsContainer) -and ($_.lastwritetime -ge (get-date)) } |
Move-Item -Force -Destination { $_.FullName -replace [regex]::Escape($source), $destination }
}
catch
{
Write-Host "$($MyInvocation.InvocationName): $_"
}
}
With a call like this:
Move-Directories "c:\personal" "d:\personal"

How can I use PowerShell to copy the same file to many directories with the same name?

I'm trying to copy one file to any subfolder in a directory that has a specific name. I am part way there, but just can't quite get it to work.
I am able to find all of the subfolders called "help" using:
Get-ChildItem -Path Y:\folder1\subfolder -Directory -Recurse | ? { ($_.PSIsContainer -eq $true) -and ($_.Name -like 'help')}
That will get any folder in Y:\folder1\subfolder named help. So have been trying:
$folder = Get-ChildItem -Path Y:Y:\folder1\subfolder -Directory -Recurse | ? { ($_.PSIsContainer -eq $true) -and ($_.Name -like 'help')}
foreach ($f in $folder){
Copy-Item Y:\Info.html -Destination $folder[$f]
}
and that does not work. Bonus points if you can also tell me how to have it write out to a csv file all of the directories it copies the file to.
Thanks
I wrote this with version 3, but I think it will work with 1 and 2 since I used Set-StrictMode -Version <number> to test them.
The CSV output will look something like this for every line: Y:\Info.html,Y:\folder1\subfolder\help
$logpath = 'C:\log.csv'
$logopts = #{filepath=$logpath; append=$true; encoding='ascii'}
$file = 'Y:\Info.html'
$path = 'Y:\folder1\subfolder'
$search = 'help'
gci $path -d -s `
| ?{ $_.psIsContainer -and $_.name -match $search } `
| %{
cp $file $_.fullName; # copy file
$line = $file, $_.fullName -join ','; # build output
$line | out-file #logopts; # write output
}
Version 1
$folders = #(
(gci Y:\folder1\subfolder -dir -r | ? {$_.Name -like 'help'}).fullname
)
ForEach ($f in $folders) {
Copy-Item Y:\Info.html $f
}
Version 2
(gci Y:\folder1\subfolder -dir -r | ? {$_.Name -like 'help'}).fullname | % {cp Y:\Info.html $_}

How to replace string in files and file and folder names recursively with PowerShell?

With PowerShell (although other suggestions are welcome), how does one recursively loop a directory/folder and
replace text A with B in all files,
rename all files so that A is replaced by B, and last
rename all folders also so that A is replaced by B?
With a few requirements refinements, I ended up with this script:
$match = "MyAssembly"
$replacement = Read-Host "Please enter a solution name"
$files = Get-ChildItem $(get-location) -filter *MyAssembly* -Recurse
$files |
Sort-Object -Descending -Property { $_.FullName } |
Rename-Item -newname { $_.name -replace $match, $replacement } -force
$files = Get-ChildItem $(get-location) -include *.cs, *.csproj, *.sln -Recurse
foreach($file in $files)
{
((Get-Content $file.fullname) -creplace $match, $replacement) | set-content $file.fullname
}
read-host -prompt "Done! Press any key to close."
I would go with something like this:
Get-ChildItem $directory -Recurse |
Sort-Object -Descending -Property { $_.FullName } |
ForEach-Object {
if (!$_.PsIsContainer) {
($_|Get-Content) -replace 'A', 'B' | Set-Content $_.FullName
}
$_
} |
Rename-Item { $_.name -replace 'A', 'B' }
The Sort-Object is there to ensure that first children (subdirs, files) are listed and then directories after them. (12345)
Untested, but should give you a starting point:
$a = 'A';
$b = 'B';
$all = ls -recurse;
$files = = $all | where{ !$_.PSIsContainer );
$files | %{
$c = ( $_ | get-itemcontent -replace $a,$b );
$c | out-file $_;
}
$all | rename-item -newname ( $_.Name -replace $a,$b );
Untested, may be I'm more lucky ;-)
$hello = 'hello'
$world = 'world'
$files = ls -recurse | ? {-not $_.PSIsContainer}
foearch ($file in $files) {
gc -path $file | % {$_ -replace $hello, $world} | Set-Content $file
ri -newname ($file.name -replace $hello, $world)
}
ls -recurse | ? {$_.PSIsContainer} | ri -newname ($_.name -replace $hello, $world)
To use the same recursion:
$hello = 'hello'
$world = 'world'
$everything = ls -recurse
foearch ($thing in $everything) {
if ($thing.PSIsContainer -ne $true) {
gc -path $thing | % {$_ -replace $hello, $world} | Set-Content $thing
}
ri -newname ($thing.name -replace $hello, $world)
}
I needed this for myself and below slightly better version of the script.
I added followings:
Support for verbose parameter so you can actually see what changes script has made.
Ability to specify folders so you can limit changes.
Adding bower.json, txt and md in to include extensions.
Search and replace content first, do rename later.
Do not replace content if search string is not found (this avoids unnecessary change in modified date).
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)]
Param()
$match = "MyProject"
$replacement = Read-Host "Please enter project name"
$searchFolders = #("MyProject.JS", "MyProject.WebApi", ".")
$extensions = #("*.cs", "*.csproj", "*.sln", "bower.json", "*.txt", "*.md")
foreach($searchFolderRelative in $searchFolders)
{
$searchFolder = join-path (get-location) $searchFolderRelative
Write-Verbose "Folder: $searchFolder"
$recurse = $searchFolderRelative -ne "."
if (test-path $searchFolder)
{
$files = Get-ChildItem (join-path $searchFolder "*") -file -include $extensions -Recurse:$recurse |
Where-Object {Select-String -Path $_.FullName $match -SimpleMatch -Quiet}
foreach($file in $files)
{
Write-Verbose "Replaced $match in $file"
((Get-Content $file.fullname) -creplace $match, $replacement) | set-content $file.fullname
}
$files = Get-ChildItem $searchFolder -filter *$match* -Recurse:$recurse
$files |
Sort-Object -Descending -Property { $_.FullName } |
% {
Write-Verbose "Renamed $_"
$newName = $_.name -replace $match, $replacement
Rename-Item $_.FullName -newname $newName -force
}
}
else
{
Write-Warning "Path not found: $searchFolder"
}
}
Note that one change from the answer is that above recurses folder only in specified folders, not in root. If you don't want that then just set $recurse = true.

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