Syntax error How to copy files with the specific extension in PowerShell?

How to copy files with the specific extension in PowerShell?

To copy the files with the specific extension, you need to use the Get-ChildItem command. Through the Get-ChildItem you first need to retrieve the files with the specific extension(s) and then you need to pipeline Copy-Item command.

Here, we need to copy *.txt files from the source to the destination location.

First, we will retrieve all the *.txt files available in the source path.

Example

Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Filter *.txt

Output

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Filter *.txt
    Directory: D:\Temp
Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
-a----       26-01-2020     19:20          13818 aliases.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     18:25             48 delim.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     17:25             14 GetContentExample.txt
-a----       17-01-2020     22:04          55190 Processes.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     18:22          27620 ReadC.txt
-ar---       13-01-2020     18:19              0 Readonlyfile.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     18:44             22 stream1.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     16:26          27620 testreadC.txt

We are going to copy the above files to the destination folder.

Example

Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Filter *.txt | Copy-Item -
Destination D:\TempContent\ -Force -PassThru

Output

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Filter *.txt | Copy-Item -Destination D:\TempContent\ -Force -PassThru
    Directory: D:\TempContent
Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
-a----       26-01-2020     19:20          13818 aliases.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     18:25             48 delim.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     17:25             14 GetContentExample.txt
-a----       17-01-2020     22:04          55190 Processes.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     18:22          27620 ReadC.txt
-ar---       13-01-2020     18:19              0 Readonlyfile.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     18:44             22 stream1.txt
-a----       18-01-2020     16:26          27620 testreadC.txt
Updated on: 2020-03-12T07:10:12+05:30

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