Copy file with square brackets [ ] in the filename and use * wildcard

Question

I\'m using PowerShell on Windows 7, and writing a script to copy a bunch of files from one folder structure to another. Kind of like compiling. The PowerShell Copy-I

Answer 1

One option is to get the filenames using the legacy dir, which will let you use the * wildcard character, but doesn't try to "blob" the square brackets. Then feed that list to move-item using -literalpath

 cmd /c dir *]* /b |
  foreach { Move-Item -LiteralPath $_ -Destination   }