Copying a list of files from array

Question

I'm trying to match filenames using the -like operator, and then copy the files that match with Copy-Item to a new directory:

Declare a list of files:

$files = "File1", "File2", "File3"
$sourceFolder = Get-ChildItem 'C:\source'

Match files by Name Property:

$filesToCopy = @()
foreach ($file in $files) {
    $filesToCopy += $sourceFolder | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "$file*"} | Select FullName
}

Finally copy files to destination:

foreach ($file in $filesToCopy) {
    Copy-Item $file -Destination 'C:\destination'
}

The last section is returning the error: Copy-Item : Cannot find drive. A drive with the name '@{FullName=C' does not exist.

Output of $filesToCopy:

FullName
--------
C:\source\file1.txt
C:\source\file2.txt
C:\source\file3.txt

What am I doing wrong? FullName seems to be causing an issue.

Answer 1

$filesToCopy (and therefore $file) is an object with a property of FullName, so you need to reference the property to use it correctly:

foreach ($file in $filesToCopy) {
    Copy-Item $file.FullName -Destination 'C:\destination'
}