A crude log collection script in powershell

log-collection.ps1

#ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/9587943/2854578

$sourceDir = "C:\Users\mark\AppData\"
$targetDir = "E:\temp2\temptest\"
$includefiletype = @("*.log*", "*.log")
$startDateTime = "2019-08-29 8:18:00 PM"
$endDateTime   = "2019-08-29 8:20:00 PM"

Get-ChildItem -Path $sourceDir -Include $includefiletype -Recurse |
	Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -ge $startDateTime -and $_.LastWriteTime -le $endDateTime} |
		ForEach {
			$targetFile = $targetDir + $_.FullName.Substring($sourceDir.Length);
			New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $targetFile -Force
			Copy-item $_.FullName -destination $targetfile -Force
		}