by tommls at 2013-01-09 08:29:51
Plenty of scripts out there for deleting files older than N days.by tommls at 2013-01-09 09:25:56
I need to count how many files in many directories are older than a specific date (creation and modified).
e.g. for d:\folder, review all files, output #### files older than 1/1/2008.
Found code here:
http://www.marcvalk.net/2012/06/powersh … e-mistake/
[array]$OldestFileImport = get-childitem d: *.XML | where-object {$.LastWriteTime -le [datetime]::today}
$OldestFileImport.count
I can use . instead of *.xml but how do I change the ‘today’ to be my desired date??
How do I review multiple folders??
Thank you, Tom
The blogger gave me this code:by DonJ at 2013-01-09 11:28:10
$date=12/31/2006
$OldestFileImport = get-childitem “ †. | where-object {$.LastWriteTime -le $date}
$OldestFileImport.count
Any suggestions how I can make it count multiple folders??
e.g. run this script for all folders in D:?? and output a per-folder count??
Thank you, Tom
You can use the -recurse parameter of Get-ChildItem to make it include subfolders. However, if the goal is to provide a per-folder count, then you’re not going to be able to do this with a simple one-liner. It’s going to be a more complicated script, and you’ll probably have to manually write a recursion routine. -Ish.by DonJ at 2013-01-09 13:46:44
Are you running this in PowerShell v2 or v3? It makes a bit of a difference in the example I can show you.
Are you just getting started with PowerShell? That’ll drive what kind of example I come up with, as well. I want to show you something you can understand and modify to meet your needs, not something totally over your head.
Closing thread - asker has this same question open on viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1019&p=4249#p4249.