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+# Get-Help
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 # Get-Children
 
 Gets items in a specified location. To list the folders in my drive C, I will run
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 This will list all the top-level folders. To list all files, folders include subfolders use the -Recurse parameter.
 
-# Get-Help
+# Copy-Item and Move-Item
+
+You could use the Get-ChildItem Cmdlet to list items in a folder, then pipe
+the result to Copy-Item Cmdlet to copy the items to a new location. The
+command below will do the job:
+
+`Get-ChildItem C:\Dropbox | Copy-Item -Destination C:\NewFolder`
+
+The above PowerShell command will only copy the top-level folders and
+files - it will NOT copy sub-folders and files. To copy all files and folders
+including sub-folders, include the -Recurse parameter in the Get-ChildItem
+command as shown below:
+
+`Get-ChildItem C:\Dropbox -Recurse | Copy-Item -Destination C:\NewFolder`
+
+While the Copy-Item Cmdlet copies items from one location to another the
+Move-Item Cmdlet moves the item.
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+