Question

Given the following files:

c:\dev\deploy\file1.txt
c:\dev\deploy\file2.txt
c:\dev\deploy\file3.txt
c:\dev\deploy\lib\do1.dll
c:\dev\deploy\lib\do2.dll

e.g. if $pwd is the following

c:\dev\deploy

running the statement

$files = get-childitem

I want to take this list and using foreach ($file in $files) I want to substitute my own path for the $pwd e.g. I want to print c:\temp\files like the following:

c:\temp\files\file1.txt
c:\temp\files\file2.txt
c:\temp\files\file3.txt
c:\temp\files\lib\do1.dll
c:\temp\files\lib\do2.dll

How can I peform this i.e.

A = c:\dev\deploy\file1.txt - c:\dev\deploy\
B = c:\temp\files\ + A

giving B = c:\temp\files\file1.txt

?

Answer 1

There’s a cmdlet for that, Split-Path, the -leaf option gives you the file name. There’s also Join-Path, so you can try something like this:

dir c:\dev\deploy | % {join-path c:\temp\files (split-path $_ -leaf)} | % { *action_to_take* }