PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

How to do it...

This is another simple recipe. The concept, though, is a very important one when dealing with files. Let's look at solving the situation we are presented with.

Here is the script that would address the problem in question:

#region Copy files to a backup directory before proceeding:New-Item $HOME/random/backup/ -it Directory -f# Verbose version New-Item -Path $HOME/random/backup -ItemType Directory -Force # -Force to avoid errors in case when the directory already exists
Copy-Item $HOME/random/message.txt, $HOME/random/file-list.txt, $HOME/random/error.txt $HOME/random/backup/
# Verbose version: Copy-Item -Path $HOME/random/message.txt, $HOME/random/file-list.txt, $HOME/random/error.txt -Destination $HOME/random/backup/
#endregion ...