copypaste.ps1

Auto copy&paste files on windows

# Define source and target folders
$source = 'U:\Fromfolder'
$dest = 'Q:\TargetFolder'

# Exclude folders and file types here
$excludeDirs = @('\exclude me please folder')
$excludeFileString = '*.DS_Store Thumbs.db'

$excludeDirString = '';
for ($i=0; $i -lt $excludeDirs.length; $i++) {
  $excludeDirString = $excludeDirString + ' "' + $source + $excludeDirs[$i]  + '" '
}

$cmdString = '"' + $source + '" "' + $dest + '"' + ' /XD ' + $excludeDirString + ' /XF ' +  $excludeFileString + ' /IS /COPY:D'
Write-Host $cmdString;

robocopy $cmdString;