Copy items that contain the name of the folder

Question

I need a script for windows to copy some files that contain a reference to a folder that has the name of the reference in their name.

Example: The file K:\examplefolder\sourcefolder\example3456file.pdf go to the folder K:\examplefolder\Destfolder\3456.

I created this:

$Src =  'K:\Escritorio\Scripts\Script_copiar_planos\Script OT\Origen'
$Dst = 'K:\Escritorio\Scripts\Script_copiar_planos\Script OT\Destino'
$file = 'K:\Escritorio\Scripts\Script_copiar_planos\Script OT\referencias.txt'

foreach ($referencia in Get-Content $file){
  Get-ChildItem  -Path $Src -Recurse -include *$referencia*.pdf -name -file | Copy-item -Destination $Dst\$referencia 
}

In referencias.txt the references are listed like:

5678
91011
121314

For me apparently is okay, but when I go to execute the script it drops the following errors:

Copy-item : No se encuentra la ruta de acceso 'K:\Escritorio\Scripts\PDF-Con-81006600-en-el-nombre - copia (2).pdf' porque no existe.
En K:\Escritorio\Scripts\Script_copiar_planos\mover.ps1: 11 Carácter: 81
+ ... referencia*.pdf -name -file | Copy-item -Destination $Dst\$referencia
+                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (K:\Escritorio\S...- copia (2).pdf:String) [Copy-Item], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand

Does this answer your question? [How to copy local files AND PATHS to network share using PowerShell?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63476891/how-to-copy-local-files-and-paths-to-network-share-using-powershell) — iRon, Jan 31 '21 at 17:12
Is it a share? You have to specify the full UNC path instead of the drive letter. Instead of `K:\``, use the dns name and/or, IP, `\\shared\drive` — Abraham Zinala, Jan 31 '21 at 17:33
iRon: it help me in a half, with this i can copy items in the main folder but no in the sob-folders Abraham: is in local machine — Kano, Jan 31 '21 at 18:01
@AbrahamZinala - this part of SO is for english language stuff. please use that language so that folks here can understand what you are posting. there is a spanish part of SO ... Stack Overflow en español — https://es.stackoverflow.com/ — Lee_Dailey, Jan 31 '21 at 21:28
@zett42 You are right, thx How can put your answer as a solution? — Kano, Feb 01 '21 at 08:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '21 at 09:08

When you pass argument -name to Get-ChildItem, it outputs only the file name portion of the path, e. g. "file1.pdf". This way Copy-Item has no information about the folder of the file and will use the working directory, whatever that happens to be before the call to Get-ChildItem.

Remove the argument -name to pass the full source path to Copy-Item:

Get-ChildItem  -Path $Src -Recurse -include *$referencia*.pdf -file | Copy-item -Destination $Dst\$referencia

As a further optimization, you could replace -include by -filter, which is more efficient. From the docs:

Filters are more efficient than other parameters. The provider applies filter when the cmdlet gets the objects rather than having PowerShell filter the objects after they're retrieved.

Copy items that contain the name of the folder

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