Simple PS task causing me PAIN!!!

Question

I am trying to complete a simple of task of looking at a source folder for certain file extensions and if each file doesn't exist in the Destination, copy the file.
The code i am using is below and this works however the "test-path" section doesn't work as it always copies the files. This seems such a simple task and no mount of searching online has helped at all.
#Source(s) and Destination(s) of files to use attributed to different variables.
$source = "C:\Folder1"
$dest = "C:\Folder2"
#Groups files of a certain extension into variables to use later
$srctxt = Get-ChildItem $source -Filter *.txt
foreach ($file in $srctxt)
If(!(Test-Path -path "$dest))
        "Files Exists - No further action required" 
else
        "Files do not exist. Missing files will now be copied" 
        Copy-Item -Path $source\*.txt -Destination $dest -Verbose
Appreciate your help

Answer 1

Hi,
Try it this way:
$sourceFolder = 'C:\F1'
$destinationFolder = 'C:\F2'
Get-ChildItem $sourceFolder *.txt | ForEach {
If (!(Test-Path (Join-Path -Path $destinationFolder -ChildPath $_.Name))) {
Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $destinationFolder
EDIT: Syntax links:
http://ss64.com/ps/get-childitem.html
http://ss64.com/ps/foreach-object.html
http://ss64.com/ps/if.html
http://ss64.com/ps/syntax-compare.html
http://ss64.com/ps/test-path.html
http://ss64.com/ps/join-path.html
http://ss64.com/ps/copy-item.html
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