I am fairly new at PowerShell. I am trying to retrieve the directory Names & Mode at depth 2 from a list of servers using the Get-ChildItem command.
$serverList = import-csv -Path C:\Users\J\Desktop\servers.csv
ForEach ($server in $serverList)
{
Get-ChildItem -path $_.server -Recurse -depth 2 `
| where { $_.PsIsContainer -eq $true} `
|select name, mode -Unique | export-csv -Path "C:\Users\J\Desktop\output.csv"
}
When I run the script, PowerShell retrieves the directories for my local machine instead of the remote servers. Could someone help me modify my script to get the desired result?
This is a screenshot of the server.csv file
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I'm wanting to improve on my script to be able to accomplish the following:
Scan servers based on get-adcomputer on specific OUs.
Scan each server based on whatever drive letter it has.
Scan each server for log4j.
Export all results to a CSV that identifies the folder path, name of file, and the server that the file was found on.
I have been using the following code to start with:
$Servers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=..." | Select -ExpandProperty Name
foreach ($server in $Servers){
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Server -ScriptBlock {
$Drives = (Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem).Root
foreach ($drive in $Drives){
Get-ChildItem -Path $drive -Force -Filter *log4j* -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | '
foreach{
$Item = $_
$Type = $_.Extension
$Path = $_.FullName
$Folder = $_.PSIsContainer
$Age = $_.CreationTime
$Path | Select-Object `
#{n="Name";e={$Item}}, `
#{n="Created";e={$Age}},`
#{n="FilePath";e={$Path}},`
#{n="Extension";e={if($Folder){"Folder"}else{$Type}}}`
} | Export-Csv C:\Results.csv -NoType
}
}
I am having the following issues and would like to address them to learn.
How would I be able to get the CSV to appear the way I want, but have it collect the information and store it on my machine instead of having it on each local server?
I have noticed extreme performance issues on the remote hosts when running this. WinRM takes 100% of the processor while it is running. I have tried -Include first, then -Filter, but to no avail. How can this be improved so that at worst, it's solely my workstation that's eating the performance hit?
What exactly do the ` marks do?
I agree with #SantiagoSquarzon - that's going to be a performance hit.
Consider using writing a function to run Get-ChildItem recursively with the -MaxDepth parameter, including a Start-Sleep command to pause occasionally. Also, you may want to note this link
You'd also want to Export-CSV to a shared network drive to collect all the machines' results.
The backticks indicate a continuation of the line, like \ in bash.
Finally, consider using a Scheduled Task or start a powershell sub-process with a lowered process priority, maybe that will help?
I am trying to search through folders on a share drive for subfolders with "*OutPuts" in the name. These folders should have folders in them but should not have files:
select fullname,#{N='SubDirectories';E={[boolean]($_ |
get-childitem -directory).count}},#{N='SubFiles';E={[boolean]($_ |
get-childitem -file).count}}
When these folders are found I want to move any folders from the output folder to the Project folder (Parent of its Parent). Example:
Starting Condition: C:\AllProjects\Projectfolder\outputs\SubProjectFolder
Wanted Outcome: C:\AllProjects\Projectfolder\SubProjectFolder
Here's the full Code:
code somewhat reformatted for readability ...
$folders=Get-ChildItem C:\AllProjects -recurse -Directory |
where {$_.name -like "*Outputs"} |
select fullname,
#{N='SubDirectories';E={[boolean]($_ |
get-childitem -directory).count}},
#{N='SubFiles';E={[boolean]($_ |
get-childitem -file).count}}
$folders
$folders |
where {$_.subdirectories -eq $true -and $_.subFile -eq $False} |
foreach {
get-childitem |
Move-Item $_ -destination $_.parent.parent}
When ever I run the code the following message comes up:
cmdlet Move-Item at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
Path[0]:
I'm pretty new to PowerShell so if someone could help break this down for me and tell me what I'm supposed to put here that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
UPDATE
*I've tried it with
-Path $_, -Path $_.PsPath, -Path $_.FullName.
I've even tried Get-Item. With the -Path though I now get a message that's a little different:
cmdlet ForEach-Object at command pipeline position 2 Supply values for the following parameters: Process[0]:
So far I have created a PowerShell script to find the specific files from multiple servers and dump the output to excel file.
For some reason my script only dumps the output for 1 server (last one to the list) out of 50. Not sure what I'm missing.
$server = get-content "C:\temp\servers.txt"
Foreach ($srv in $server)
{
Get-ChildItem -Path "\\$srv\d$\temp\" -include "java_pid*" -Recurse -ErrorAction silentlycontinue | export-csv c:\temp\results.csv
}
When run the script it will go thru all the servers and dump the export to excel file.
Use the -Append tag this will append each of the server results pipeline into one long results.csv. Right now you are overwriting the output csv for each server.
$server = get-content "C:\temp\servers.txt" Foreach ($srv in $server) { Get-ChildItem -Path "\$srv\d$\temp\" -include "java_pid*" -Recurse -ErrorAction silentlycontinue | export-csv c:\temp\results.csv -Append}
I currently have this script working but only able to get it to run locally, I would like to have it read a text file that would be stored on c:\List_of_PCs.txt that would have computer names that it would also run the same script on. That way I can update the text file instead of modify the code.
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
# Get all users
$users = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Users"
# Loop through users and delete the Teams file
$users | ForEach-Object {
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\Cache\f*" -Force
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\Application Cache\Cache\f*" -Force
}
Any help on this I've tried multiple things every which way, I'm sure this is something simple but I'm still very new to PowerShell.
Try something like this...
Requires PowerShell remoting to be enabled and using an account that is an admin on the remote computer
$ComputerList = Import-Csv -Path 'c:\List_of_PCs.txt'
$ComputerList | % {
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $_ -ScriptBlock {
# Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned # this is something that should be set via GPO for all systems, not your script, so that it is centrally controlled and monitored.
# Get all users
$users = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Users"
# Loop through users and delete the Teams file
$users | ForEach-Object {
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\Cache\f*" -Force
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Users\$($_.Name)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Teams\Application Cache\Cache\f*" -Force
}
}
}
I'm trying to copy a msi package from remote machine but Where-Object filter doesn't works with Get-ChildItem
get-childitem -path $comp –recurse | Copy-Item -Destination "\\10.35.10.91\C$\dest"
# works, it copies msi file to local machine
get-childitem -path $comp –recurse | where-object {$PSItem.lastwritetime -gt (get-date).addDays(-1)} | Copy-Item -Destination "\\10.35.10.91\C$\dest"
# not working, here the where-object filter is not working