Moving particular sub directory if it has "completed.txt" file in it

Question

Copy directories if their subdirectories contain "connect.txt" I want to copy multiple directories from one location to another location only if any of the subdirectories of those contain the connect.txt file in them.

Example:

C:\ANIMAL\DOG\CONNECT.TXT
C:\PLANET\EARTH\CONNECT.TXT
C:\SYSTEM\USER\ADMIN.TXT

Then I ONLY want to copy ANIMAL & PLANET directories to C:\DESKTOP.

INPUT :

C:\ANIMAL\TIGER\CONNECT.TXT
C:\ANIMAL\LION\WILD.TXT
C:\PLANET\EARTH\CONNECT.TXT
C:\SYSTEM\USER\ADMIN.TXT
C:\SYSTEM\USER\DOG.TXT
C:\SYSTEM\USER\CAT.TXT

OUTPUT:

C:\DESKTOP\ANIMAL
C:\DESKTOP\EARTH

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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 11 '19 at 22:33

maybe something like

powershell.exe -executionpolicy unrestricted -encodedCommand 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

whereas the encoded command for the following stands:

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\' -Filter 'Connect.txt' -Recurse -ErrorAction:Ignore -Exclude 'C:\Desktop\*' | ForEach-Object {$_.Directory} | Copy-Item -Destination 'C:\Desktop\' -Container -Force -Recurse -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction:Ignore

(But don't trust me, copy the characters above in a base64 to text online converter and see for yourself!)

Moving particular sub directory if it has "completed.txt" file in it

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