You guys are making this hideously complicated, when it’s really simple: Copy-Item C:\Code\Trunk -Filter *.csproj.user -Destination C:\Code\F2 -Recurse Will copy the Directory, creating a “Trunk” directory in F2. If you want to avoid creating the top-level Trunk folder, you have to stop telling PowerShell to copy it: Get-ChildItem C:\Code\Trunk | Copy-Item -Destination C:\Code\F2 -Recurse -filter … Read more
This can be done just using Copy-Item. No need to use Get-Childitem. I think you are just overthinking it. Copy-Item -Path C:\MyFolder -Destination \\Server\MyFolder -recurse -Force I just tested it and it worked for me. edit: included suggestion from the comments # Add wildcard to source folder to ensure consistent behavior Copy-Item -Path $sourceFolder\* -Destination … Read more
I have encountered this recently, and in the most recent versions of Powershell there is a new BitsTransfer Module, which allows file transfers using BITS, and supports the use of the -Credential parameter. The following sample shows how to use the BitsTransfer module to copy a file from a network share to a local machine, … Read more
At the highest level you have two different options You can from a C# program host PowerShell and execute PowerShell commands via RunSpaces and pipelines. Or you can from within PowerShell run C# code. This can be done two ways. With a PowerShell snapin, a compiled dll which provides PowerShell cmdlets and navigation providers, or … Read more
Suppose you want to write that in the same file, you can do as follows: Set-Content -Path “C:\temp\Newtext.txt” -Value (get-content -Path “c:\Temp\Newtext.txt” | Select-String -Pattern ‘H\|159’ -NotMatch)
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When you use a relative path, it is based off the currently location (obtained via Get-Location) and not the location of the script. Try this instead: $ScriptDir = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path Import-Module $ScriptDir\..\MasterScript\Script.ps1 In PowerShell v3, you can use the automatic variable $PSScriptRoot in scripts to simplify this to: # PowerShell v3 or higher #requires … Read more
Use Write-Error to write to stderr. To redirect stderr to file use: Write-Error “oops” 2> /temp/err.msg or exe_that_writes_to_stderr.exe bogus_arg 2> /temp/err.msg Note that PowerShell writes errors as error records. If you want to avoid the verbose output of the error records, you could write out the error info yourself like so: PS> Write-Error “oops” -ev … Read more
Try typing the following command: mode 300 after the window opens
Another alternative is the old school NET USER commands: NET USER username “password” /ADD OK – you can’t set all the options but it’s a lot less convoluted for simple user creation & easy to script up in Powershell. NET LOCALGROUP “group” “user” /add to set group membership.