Powershell: dd and rsync equivalent in PowerShell

[tlsalex]

Is there any cmdlet that work like dd and rsync in linux ,
If no , will the Powershell team add the similar feature to powershell ?

PS:
I know here(this repo) is for powershell core ,not for windows powershell,
The key point is no one will care my request or help me if I post my question to bellow official webpage .

However , here , sometimes ,some one will answer me question. and I get what I want.

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[DWSR]

Is there any cmdlet that work like dd and rsync in linux ,
If no , will the Powershell team add the similar feature to powershell ?

dd and rsync are both available natively for Windows, through Cygwin, or through WSL.

How about the powershell version of robocopy? In 2016, I also saw someone submitting an issue. Is anyone willing to help continue to develop?

robocopy is not a part of cmd but a separate standalone application. It doesn't make sense to make a "powershell" version of it. You could certainly write a version in PowerShell that uses the native File APIs, but that would be reinventing the wheel.

[SteveL-MSFT]

In general, native commands will work within PowerShell. It would be nice to have a PowerShell equivalent so you can work with objects, but the reality is that if there is a native command that works, it wouldn't make sense to spend time on an equivalent cmdlet vs spending that time on addressing some other issue.

[HumanEquivalentUnit]

How about the powershell version of robocopy? In 2016, I also saw someone submitting an issue. Is anyone willing to help continue to develop?

For reference, that issue is here: #2581 and is "up-for-grabs"

[SteveL-MSFT]

Just to be clear, I'd love to see cmdlets for all heavily used native commands, however, it's a question of priority. I'd rather spend team resources on enabling new scenarios and use cases vs porting something that works today (perhaps not ideal) just to make it PowerShell-y. Would love to see the community pick up this type of requests.

[RichardSiddaway]

I know this has been asked before but if we had the equivalent of ConvertFrom-String in PowerShell core it would be relatively simple to wrap the native commands in PowerShell which would also serve as a transition path for Windows administrators

[vexx32]

ConvertFrom-StringData is available, though more limited.

Honestly I always find it easier to work with a decent regex -match expression and generate PSCustomObjects from that. ConvertFrom-String was always a lot more work in my opinion, and despite what it said on the tin I have yet to find anyone who preferred it over the alternatives. You might be the first there, Richard. 🙂

[SteveL-MSFT]

@RichardSiddaway ConvertFrom-String is discussed here https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/726

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