Copy folder or file.

New to Windows PowerShell.
I want to automate a tedious procedure.
Is there a line(s) of code that will copy a folder or file from an SD memory card or USB flash drive to an external hard drive?
Thanks in advance for any help.

yep, the simple Copy-Item cmdlt can do that, like:
Copy-Item -Path "d:\folder1" -Destination "e:\folder2" -Recurse
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