How to get count of files copied using Copy-item

Question

I am using Copy-Item command to copy the multiple files from one location to another. In that, I want to get the count of files that are copied to destination.

If the above one is not possible, can we get 'True' if at least one file is copied and 'False' if none of the files are copied. I tried this but could not able to get exact one.

Thanks, Dinesh

It was already answer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14714284/count-items-in-a-folder-with-powershell — Bonneau21, Jun 19 '18 at 16:29
Possible duplicate of [Count items in a folder with PowerShell](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14714284/count-items-in-a-folder-with-powershell) — Bonneau21, Jun 19 '18 at 16:31

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 19 '18 at 18:41

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use -passthru to create output for commands that normally run silent.

(Copy-Item -Recurse $srcPath -Destination $destPath -passThru).count

answered Jun 19 '18 at 18:41

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '18 at 17:55

If you use -Verbose and redirect/capture the verbose stream, then you can compute the files copied from the verbose messages. This would look like

# run copy with -Verbose and capture stream 4 which is the verbose stream
$vml = Copy-Item -Recurse $srcPath -Destination $destPath -Verbose 4>&1
# Find all the messages with 'Copy File' in them
($vml -match "Copy File").Count

You probably also want to capture any errors using -ErrorVariable copyErrors.

How to get count of files copied using Copy-item

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