how do i convert this powershell script to a binsh script?

On Linux, you’ll need the following (verified on Ubuntu 18.04, albeit not with a Windows domain account):

  • Prerequisite: The cifsutil package must be installed, which the script below ensures (it calls sudo apt-get install cifs-utils on demand).

  • Choose a (temporary) mount point (a local directory through which the share’s files will be accessible).

  • Use the mount.cifs utility to mount your share, and umount to unmount (remove) it later.

  • Use cp -R to copy a directory hierarchy.

Note:

  • sudo (administrative) privileges are required; the script will prompt once for a password, which is normally cached for a few minutes.
#!/bin/sh

# The SMB file-share path given as an argument.
local mypath=$1 

# Choose a (temporary) mount-point dir.
local mountpoint="/tmp/mp_$$"

# Prerequisite:
# Make sure that cifs-utils are installed.
which mount.cifs >/dev/null || sudo apt-get install cifs-utils || exit

# Create the (temporary) mount-point dir.
sudo mkdir -p "$mountpoint" || exit

# Mount the CIFS (SMB) share:
# CAVEAT: OBVIOUSLY, HARD-CODING A PASSWORD IS A SECURITY RISK.
sudo mount.cifs -o user= "user=user,pass=myPassword123!,domain=somedomain" "$mypath" "$mountpoint" || exit

# Perform the copy operation
# Remove the `echo` to actually perform copying.
echo cp -R . "$mountpoint/"

# Unmount the share.
sudo umount "$mountpoint" || exit

# Remove the mount-point dir., if desired
sudo rmdir "$mountpoint"

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