I need to get all the files including the files present in the subfolders that belong to a particular type. I am doing something like this, using Get-ChildItem: Get-ChildItem “C:\windows\System32” -Recurse | where {$_.extension -eq “.txt”} However, it’s only returning me the files names and not the entire path. 15 Answers 15
I am distributing a PowerShell script to my team. The script is to fetch an IP address from the Vsphere client, make an mstsc connection, and log it in a shared file. The moment they used the script they got to know the IP address of machine. After that, they always tend to use mstsc … Read more
How can I convert an array object to string? I tried: $a = “This”, “Is”, “a”, “cat” [system.String]::Join(” “, $a) with no luck. What are different possibilities in PowerShell? 6 Answers 6
I would like to calculate an MD5 checksum of some content. How do I do this in PowerShell? 19 Answers 19
I would like to delete only the files that were created more than 15 days ago in a particular folder. How could I do this using PowerShell? 10 Answers 10
I’m using PowerShell 2.0 and I want to pipe out all the subdirectories of a certain path. The following command outputs all files and directories, but I can’t figure out how to filter out the files. Get-ChildItem c:\mypath -Recurse I’ve tried using $_.Attributes to get the attributes but then I don’t know how to construct … Read more
I am searching for a file in all the folders. Copyforbuild.bat is available in many places, and I would like to search recursively. $File = “V:\Myfolder\**\*.CopyForbuild.bat” How can I do it in PowerShell? 9 Answers 9
Whenever I need to reference a common module or script, I like to use paths relative to the current script file. That way, my script can always find other scripts in the library. So, what is the best, standard way of determining the directory of the current script? Currently, I’m doing: $MyDir = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition) I … Read more
How do you comment out code in PowerShell (1.0 or 2.0)? 10 s 10 In PowerShell V1 there’s only # to make the text after it a comment. # This is a comment in PowerShell In PowerShell V2 <# #> can be used for block comments and more specifically for help comments. #REQUIRES -Version 2.0 … Read more
