{"id":1088,"date":"2014-01-19T22:43:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T05:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:48:35","slug":"powershell-to-grab-a-collection-of-files-from-a-document-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2014\/01\/19\/powershell-to-grab-a-collection-of-files-from-a-document-library\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell to Grab a Collection of Files from a Document Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following PowerShell can be used to take a subset of files from a document library in SharePoint and output them to the file system.\u00a0 Note, this will need to be executed on the SharePoint server.
\n[code language=”PowerShell”]
\n$spweb = get-spweb -identity "http:\/\/yourdomain\/yourweb"<\/p>\n

# Use the "pretty name" of your library below
\n$list = $spweb.lists["Your Library"]<\/p>\n

# Below is an example of matching an attribute (Type) with a wildcard (*Queen*)
\n$listItemsLikeQueen = $list.Items | ?{$_["Type"] -like "*Queen*"}<\/p>\n

# Below is an example of matching based on a Content Type
\n$listItems = $listItemsLikeQueen | ?{$_.ContentType.Name -eq "Monarchy"}
\n$Destination = "D:\\Out"<\/p>\n

# Use the name of your library as you named it at the time of creation below (we all remove spaces when we create libraries, right?)
\n$DocumentLibrary = "YourLibraryWithoutSpaces"<\/p>\n

# For each item, output it to the destination path above
\nforeach ($listItem in $listItems)
\n{
\n # Change the output path of the list item, and swap around the slashes
\n $DestinationPath = $listItem.Url.replace("$DocumentLibrary","$Destination").Replace("\/","")
\n write-host "Downloading $($listItem.Name) -> $DestinationPath"<\/p>\n

if (!(Test-Path -path $(Split-Path $DestinationPath -parent)))
\n {
\n write-host "Creating $(Split-Path $DestinationPath -parent)"
\n $dest = New-Item $(Split-Path $DestinationPath -parent) -type directory
\n }
\n $binary = $spWeb.GetFile($listItem.Url).OpenBinary()
\n $stream = New-Object System.IO.FileStream($DestinationPath), Create
\n $writer = New-Object System.IO.BinaryWriter($stream)
\n $writer.write($binary)
\n $writer.Close()
\n}<\/p>\n

#Clean up
\n$spWeb.Dispose()
\n[\/code]
\nThe inspiration for this came from the following forum post<\/p>\n

http:\/\/social.msdn.microsoft.com\/Forums\/sharepoint\/en-US\/75be246c-1ef4-4223-9531-ec87c1612e54\/copy-a-file-from-sharepoint-2010-to-file-share-with-powershell?forum=sharepointcustomization<\/a><\/p>\n

As well as this blog post (the blog post below shows you how to take ALL the files in a library and output them to a local path).<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.jbmurphy.com\/2012\/04\/25\/powershell-script-to-copy-a-sharepoint-document-library-to-a-local-path\/<\/a><\/p>\n

And some ideas of how to filter items in the list using PowerShell can be found below.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thorntontechnical.com\/tech\/sharepoint\/quick-tip-sharepoint-powershell-get-items-in-a-list-based-on-custom-columns-and-other-hints<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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