Add a timeout within a foreach loop and write to host - Powershell - powershell

Question

I have a small script that runs through all share paths within a csv file and invokes a quick Get-ChildItem to count the number of files within the folder/subfolders etc. This is working but it is taking an age, especially if a folder have more than 500k files.
I would like to add a timeout within the loop, so that it will just write-host and then output into another column 'TIMED OUT' but i can't seem to get it to work.
I have tried a few different ways but somehow my loop breaks and runs the top line in my csv over and over.
This is the code i have so far:
...
#Import middle to filter unique
$sharesMiddle = Import-Csv -Path './middle.csv' | Sort-Object NFTSPath -Unique
$result = foreach ($share in $sharesMiddle) {
#Replace the colon for $ within the path
$nftsPath = join-path \\ $share.AssetName $share.Path.Replace(':', '$')
$path = $share.Path
$count = Invoke-Command -computername $share.AssetName -ScriptBlock { param($path) (Get-ChildItem $path -File -Recurse).count } -Credential $Cred -Verbose -ArgumentList $path
Write-Host $nftsPath : $count
$share | Select-Object *, #{n = "Files"; e = { $count } }
}
$result | Export-CSV '.\newcsvfile.csv' -NoTypeInformation
Any help on this would be super!
Thanks.

Answer 1

I tested the following which should be suitable for you:
# define the time limit in seconds
$TimeoutLimitSeconds = 2
# Define the job, start job
$job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock {420+69 ; start-sleep -Seconds 3}
# Await job
$job | Wait-Job -Timeout ( $TimeoutLimitSeconds ) | Out-Null
# If job doesn't finish before the time limit is reached
if ($job.state -eq 'Running') {
# Job timed out
$job | Stop-Job | Remove-Job
$job = $null
$output = "TIMED OUT"
# If job managed to finalize in time
}Else{
# Finished on time
$job | Stop-Job
$output = Receive-Job $job
$job | Remove-Job
}
# Write the output to host
Write-Host "output is: $output"
output is: TIMED OUT
# define the time limit in seconds
$TimeoutLimitSeconds = 4
# Define the job, start job
$job = Start-Job -ScriptBlock {420+69 ; start-sleep -Seconds 3}
# Await job
$job | Wait-Job -Timeout ( $TimeoutLimitSeconds ) | Out-Null
# If job doesn't finish before the time limit is reached
if ($job.state -eq 'Running') {
# Job timed out
$job | Stop-Job | Remove-Job
$job = $null
$output = "TIMED OUT"
# If job managed to finalize in time
}Else{
# Finished on time
$job | Stop-Job
$output = Receive-Job $job
$job | Remove-Job
}
# Write the output to host
Write-Host "output is: $output"
output is: 489