Copy-Item and Move-Item in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to copy a file from source to destination.

PowerShell

Copy-Item -Path 'C:\source\file.txt' -Destination [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'C:\source\file2.txt'

B'C:\source\file.txt'

C'C:\backup\file.txt'

D'C:\backup\file2.txt'

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the same path for source and destination, which does nothing.

Forgetting to put the path in quotes.

The destination path must be different from the source to copy the file to a new location.

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medium

Complete the code to move a file to a new folder.

PowerShell

Move-Item -Path 'C:\docs\report.docx' -Destination [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'C:\archive\report2.docx'

B'C:\docs\report.docx'

C'C:\docs\report2.docx'

D'C:\archive\report.docx'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the same path for source and destination.

Not specifying the filename in the destination path.

The destination path should be the new location where the file will be moved.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to copy all text files from one folder to another.

PowerShell

Copy-Item -Path 'C:\data\*.txt' -Destination [1] -Recurse

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A'C:\backup'

B'C:\backup\'

C'C:\data\backup\'

D'C:\data\backup'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a destination path with trailing backslash causing errors.

Not specifying the destination folder correctly.

The destination path should be a folder path without trailing backslash to avoid errors in some PowerShell versions.

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hard

Fill both blanks to move all .log files from source to archive folder and overwrite existing files.

PowerShell

Move-Item -Path 'C:\logs\*.log' -Destination [1] -[2]

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A'C:\archive\logs'

B'C:\logs\archive'

CForce

DRecurse

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the wrong folder path for destination.

Forgetting to add the Force parameter to overwrite.

The destination is the archive folder path, and the Force parameter allows overwriting existing files.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to copy all .csv files from source to backup folder, including subfolders, and preserve the directory structure.

PowerShell

Copy-Item -Path 'C:\data\*.csv' -Destination [1] -[2] -[3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A'C:\backup\data'

BRecurse

CContainer

D'C:\data\backup'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using Recurse to copy subfolders.

Not using Container to preserve folder structure.

The destination is the backup folder, Recurse copies subfolders, and Container preserves the folder structure.