PowerShell Copy-Item to remote - custom port

Question

I want to copy some file from local computer to remote in a standard way:

Copy-Item -Path C:\some_path\test.txt -Destination \\server\c$\some_other_path\test.txt

Unfortunately i have to specify custom port due to routing on server. I am pretty new to remote management and powershell. Is there any way to specify port for Copy-Item or UNC path? If not, are they some other reasonable solutions to this problem? Thanks in advance.

You could use [netsh port forwdaring](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11525703/port-forwarding-in-windows). — Alexander Obersht, Aug 09 '15 at 10:53
netsh seems helpful in my case, thank you. With some small additional comment I would accept this as an answer. — Seblis, Aug 10 '15 at 10:17

Corey · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-03T03:21:16.677

Even though this is an old thread, I still provide my method here hoping that could help someone else.

According to the official docs, there is no way to specify a port using Copy-Item, but you can try to use parameter ToSession to achieve your goal if your PS version is higher than 5, see the new features here.

Create a session with a specified port:

$session = New-PSSession -ComputerName $computer -Port $port

Then copy files using the session:

Copy-Item "C:\some_path\test.txt" -Destination "C:\some_other_path\test.txt" -ToSession $session

And don’t forget to remove the session when you’re done.

$session | Remove-PSSession

Reference:
Use PowerShell Copy-Item to File Transfer Over WinRM

PowerShell Copy-Item to remote - custom port

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