I have the following script block built into my script:
$changedItems = (Get-ChildItem $srcdirectory -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddHours(-24)} | where { ! $_.PSIsContainer }).FullName
foreach ($changedItem in $changeditems){
$archivePath = Join-Path -Path $dstDirectory -ChildPath ($archiveName + "_" + $fileDate + ".zip")
$7zipArgs = #(
"a";
"-mx=9";
"-tzip";
$archivePath;
$changedItem;
)
7zip #7zipArgs
}
It is simply supposed to identify items, that have changed in the last 24 hours, and archive them into a zip directory.
The source directory, that I am querying, has a lot of data in it, so the following part of the block allows, so that only changed files are copied:
| where { ! $_.PSIsContainer }
This eliminates the following problem that happens with the -Recurse part of Get-Childitem:
If there was a folder, which had been changed recently, but no files inside of the folder were changed, the whole folder and it's complete content would be archived.
HOWEVER:
Now I only have the changed files that I want, but I don't have any hierarchy in my new zip file. All of the files are just directly in the zip file, with no parent directory whatsoever.
Example:
Changed files from source directory:
SourceDirectory\A\B\file1
SourceDirectory\1\file2
SourceDirectory\x\y\z\file3
Come into the new zipped archive.zip like this:
file1
file2
file3
But I want to keep the parent directories in the archive.zip like this:
A\B\file1
1\file2
x\y\z\file3
Is there any way to do this?
I hope the explanation is not too complex, please feel free to ask for more information if it is not clear. I needed to add that much context because it is a very specific problem.
Thanks for all help and tips.
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I'm not a beginner to scripting with PowerShell and have discovered just how powerful and amazing it truly is. I get confused with some things though so I am here seeking help with a few things with the script that I'm in the process of creating. My script manages a few things. It:
• prompt user to select a directory
• recursively moves files that are many levels deep into the parent folder
• deletes all empty folders after the move
•renames the parent folders by removing periods and other "illegal" characters because the program that uses these files will crash if there are any characters besides numbers or letters.
• renames the files to the parent's name.
• exits when finished
The files don't have a file format extension, they're approx 32 characters long and are alphanumeric.
Unfortunately, the script cannot make it past the first step (moving the files) if it is placed in a directory outside of the one that contains the folders and files. If I place it in the root of the directory containing said files and folders, it works flawlessly. If it is ran in another directory containing other files, it will work with the files and folders there after finishing the 1st step which is set using $RootPath, the rest of the script is not using $RootPath and I need to figure out how to edit the code I have to utilize it.
However no matter what I do, I fail. I know I can just run it from the directory containing the files that need to be moved but I intend to release this on a forum that I frequent and want to make sure it is safe for those that use it. ie: I don't want their system getting messed up through carelessness or ignorance.
Full Disclosure: I'm not good at writing code on my own, I find chunks of code offered in forums, test and if it accomplishes what I need, I tweak it to work with my intended use. Most of this code I found here.
How can I get the last ⅔ of my script to use my $RootPath instead of the script's residing directory? I have tried a few things but end up breaking it's functionally and the thing is, in my mind, I see why it's not working but reading the code is where I have a Patrick-Star-drooling moment. This is when I get overwhelmed and take a break or focus on something else that I do understand. I know I need to make the rest of my code utilize $RootPath that gets set when selecting a directory but I can't figure out how to get it to use it.
Additionally, I would like the final step to append "_1" to the file name when there is a naming conflict. I can't seem to figure out how to get this step to carry over from the first step.
Here is a pastebin link of my script. It is a bit long, I have also pasted the code in case that is preferred.
# You need this to use System.Windows.MessageBox
Add-Type -AssemblyName 'PresentationFramework'
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
$continue = 'No'
$caption = "'Bulk File Renamer Script' by MyLegzRwheelz."
$message = "Have you read the ENTIRE disclaimer (from the very top, I know, it is a lot) in the console window along the instructions provided and do you agree that you are responsible for your own negligence and anything that can go wrong IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS PRECISELY? If so, then click 'Yes' to proceed, 'No' to exit."
$continue = [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show($message, $caption, 'YesNo');
if ($continue -eq 'Yes') {
$characters = "?!'._" # These are the characters the script finds and removes
$regex = "[$([regex]::Escape($characters))]"
$filesandfolders = Get-ChildItem -recurse | Where-Object {$_.name -match $regex}
$browser = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog
$null = $browser.ShowDialog()
$RootPath = $browser.SelectedPath
# Get list of parent folders in root path
$ParentFolders = Get-ChildItem -Path $RootPath | Where-Object {$_.PSIsContainer}
# For each parent folder get all files recursively and move to parent, append number to file to avoid collisions
ForEach ($Parent in $ParentFolders) {
Get-ChildItem -Path $Parent.FullName -Recurse | Where-Object {!$_.PSIsContainer -and ($_.DirectoryName -ne $Parent.FullName)} | ForEach-Object {
$FileInc = 1
Do {
If ($FileInc -eq 1) {$MovePath = Join-Path -Path $Parent.FullName -ChildPath $_.Name}
Else {$MovePath = Join-Path -Path $Parent.FullName -ChildPath "$($_.BaseName)($FileInc)$($_.Extension)"}
$FileInc++
}
While (Test-Path -Path $MovePath -PathType Leaf)
Move-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $MovePath
}
}
$filesandfolders | Where-Object {$_.PsIscontainer} | foreach {
$New=$_.name -Replace $regex
Rename-Item -path $_.Fullname -newname $New -passthru
}
# For this to work, we need to temporarily append a file extension to the file name
Get-ChildItem -File -Recurse | where-object {!($_.Extension)} | Rename-Item -New {$_.basename+'.ext'}
# Removes alphanumeric subdirectories after moving renamed game into the parent folder
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Directory | ? { -Not ($_.EnumerateFiles('*',1) | Select-Object -First 1) } | Remove-Item -Recurse
# Recursively searches for the files we renamed to .ext and renames it to the parent folder's name
# ie: "B2080E9FFF47FE2DA382BD55EDFCA2152078AEBD58.ext" becomes "0 day Attack on Earth" and will be
# found in the directory of the same name.
ls -Recurse -Filter *.ext | %{
$name = ([IO.DirectoryInfo](Split-Path $_.FullName -Parent)).Name
Rename-Item -Path $_.FullName -NewName "$($name)"
}
} else {
{Exit}
}
I have tried using $ParentFolders in varying places so that it uses $RootPath as the working directory. I have also tried copy/pasting the "file inc" part in the final step but it is not working. To test this out, create folder, make this your root folder. Within that folder, create additional folders with multiple subfolders and a file with no extension, just create .txt and remove the extension then run the script from the newly created root folder.
Do not run this in a directory with files you care about. This why I am trying to get the rest of the code to use only the directory set at launch. To test it to see if it is working regardless of the scripts location, place the script in another folder then run it. When the explorer dialog pops up (after clicking yes), select this directory. If you place it in the root directory then run it, it works as it should but not in any other director, which is the desired result, to run and work to completion, regardless of the location of the script.
Here is code to add _1 to filename
$filename = "abcdefg.csv"
$lastIndex = $filename.LastIndexOf('.')
$extension = $filename.Substring($lastIndex)
$filename = $filename.Substring(0,$lastIndex)
Write-Host "filename = " $filename ",extension = " $extension
$filename = $filename + "_1" + $extension
$filename
I have multiple files that I want to copy each file to a folder with same name
For example, the files
orange_file100 , orange_file200 , orange_file300 , apple_file120 , apple_file150
I want to move each file to a folder that contain part of the filename say orange and apple so the result will be
orange\orange_file100
orange\orange_file200
orange\orange_file300
apple\apple_file120
apple\apple_file150
How can I do that through powershell, should I use Get-ChildItem then ForEach{Copy-Item) ?
You can use Get-Childitem with a -File or -Directory to only grab the files or folders in a folder, that way you wont grab a folder and try place it in itself.
For example, the code below will only grab the files in the current directory
Get-Childitem -File
You can then use some regex to split the names so you can get the fruit name e.g.
$String.split('_')[0]
You should insert it into a list or array or something to store it, but now you have a list of files and fruit names.
Now you can loop over the list and start to move or copy the files into the right folder structure
Foreach($file in $FileList){
if($file.name -matches $Fruitname){
if($file.name -notmatch $pwd.path ){
mkdir $file.name
cd $file.name
move-item $file.fullname $pwd
}
}
}
The code above is just a quick attempt. It probably wont work the first time and you should make adjustments to understand what you are doing.
A few notes
$pwd gets the current directory. I'm assuming Get-Childitem returns the list of files in the correct order, so you will get Orange_100, then Orange_200 and so on
Get-Childitem returns a powershell object. The file names can be accessed using $_.name or the full path using $_.fullname
If -matches doesn't work, you can also try -like or -in
I didn't add in the first fruit folder into the code above, but it won't be hard to create
Remember to play around and find whats best for you.
I am a junior tech and have been tasked to write a short powershell script. The problem is that I have started to learn the PS 5 hours ago - once my boss told that I'm assigned to this task. I'm a bit worried it won't be completed for tomorrow so hope you guys can help me a bit. The task is:
I need to move the files to different folders depending on certain conditions, let me start from the he folder structure:
c:\LostFiles: This folder includes a long list of .mov, .jpg and .png files
c:\Media: This folder includes many subfolders withe media files and projects.
The job is to move files from c:\LostFiles to appropiate folders in c:\Media folder tree if
The name of the file from c:\LostFiles corresponds to a file name in one of the subfolders of the C:\media We must ignore the extension, for example:
C:\LostFiles has these files which we need to move (if possible) : imageFlower.png, videoMarch.mov, danceRock.bmp
C:\Media\Flowers\ has already this files: imageFlower.bmp, imageFlower.mov
imageFlower.png should be moved to this folder (C:\media\Flowers) because there is or there are files with exactly the same base name (extension must be ignored)
Only the files that have corresponding files (the same name) should be moved.
So far I have written this piece of code (I know it is not much but will be updating this code as I am working on it now (2145 GMT time). I know I missing some loops, hey yeah, I am missing a lot!
#This gets all the files from the folder
$orphans = gci -path C:\lostfiles\ -File | Select Basename
#This gets the list of files from all the folders
$Files = gci C:\media\ -Recurse -File | select Fullname
#So we can all the files and we check them 1 by 1
$orphans | ForEach-Object {
#variable that stores the name of the current file
$file = ($_.BaseName)
#path to copy the file, and then search for files with the same name but only take into the accont the base name
$path = $Files | where-object{$_ -eq $file}
#move the current file to the destination
move-item -path $_.fullname -destination $path -whatif
}
You could build a hashtable from the media files, then iterate through the lost files, looking to see if the lost file's name was in the hash. Something like:
# Create a hashtable with key = file basename and value = containing directory
$mediaFiles = #{}
Get-ChildItem -Recurse .\Media | ?{!$_.PsIsContainer} | Select-Object BaseName, DirectoryName |
ForEach-Object { $mediaFiles[$_.BaseName] = $_.DirectoryName }
# Look through lost files and if the lost file exists in the hash, then move it
Get-ChildItem -Recurse .\LostFiles | ?{!$_.PsIsContainer} |
ForEach-Object { if ($mediaFiles.ContainsKey($_.BaseName)) { Move-Item -whatif $_.FullName $mediaFiles[$_.BaseName] } }
I have a folder named source. It's structure is like the following.
source\a.jpg
source\b.jpg
source\c.xml
source\d.ps1
source\subdir1\a.xml
source\subdir2\b.png
source\subdir3\subsubdir1\nothing.img
I want to list all the relative paths of folders, sub-folders and files in a text file say, out.txt. For above the output I expect is:
source\a.jpg
source\b.jpg
source\c.xml
source\d.ps1
source\subdir1\a.xml
source\subdir2\b.png
source\subdir3\subsubdir1\nothing.img
source\subdir1
source\subdir2
source\subdir3
source\subdir3\subsubdir1
You can see that the output includes individual folders and sub-folders too.
Note: I am in a folder just outside the source folder. I mean for example I am in fold folder which contains source folder -> fold/source but if your solution includes putting the script inside the source folder, thats fine too. Both solutions are fine. This may be easy but I am not familiar with powershell but can at least run scripts from it if given.
EDIT1: Okay, in the "duplicate question" the answer is for relative paths of individual files. But I also want the folders and sub-folders.
EDIT2: Okay, I wrote a command:
(gci -path source -recurse *.|Resolve-path -relative) -replace "","" | out-file -FilePath output.txt -Encoding ascii
Now, this command gives me the relative name of only subdirectory inside the source(in the actual source folder of mine with a different name; source is a dummy name obviously!). What should I change in this code to get other names of files inside the subdirectory in source.
This is clean one line answer,no loops on my part to write, which does the job perfectly. I produced it by luck "playing around" a bit.
(gci -Path source -Recurse *.*|Resolve-Path -Relative) -replace "\.","" |
Out-File -FilePath output.txt -Encoding ascii
Not very clean but this might be an option.
(Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Path "C:\ABC\source\").FullName|ForEach{[Regex]::Replace($_,'^C:\\ABC\\','')}
I would probably do something like this:
$source = 'C:\path\to\source'
$parent = [IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($source) -replace '\\+$'
$pattern = '^' + [regex]::Escape($parent) + '\\'
Get-ChildItem -Path $source -Recurse | % { $_.FullName -replace $pattern }
We have a script running daily that removes old files and directories from an area that people use to transfer data around. Everything works great except for one little section. I want to delete a folder if it's older than 7 days and it's empty. The script always shows 1 file in the folder because of the thumbs.db file. I guess I could check to see if the one file is thumb.db and if so just delete the folder but I'm sure there is a better way.
$location = Get-ChildItem \\dropzone -exclude thumbs.db
foreach ($item in $location) {
other stuff here going deeper into the tree...
if(($item.GetFiles().Count -eq 0) -and ($item.GetDirectories().Count -eq 0)) {
This is where I delete the folder but because the folder always has
the Thumbs.db system file we never get here
}
}
$NumberOfFiles = (gci -Force $dir | ?{$_ -notmatch "thumbs.db"}).count
You can try the get-childitem -exclude option where all files/items in your directory will be
counted except those that end in db:
$location = get-childitem -exclude *.db
It also works out if you specify the file to exclude, in this case thumbs.db
$location = get-childitem -exclude thumb.db
Let me know if this works out.
Ah, I also just noticed something,
$location = get-childitem -exclude *.db
Will only handle .db items in the location directory, if you're going deeper into the tree (say from your GetFiles() and GetDirectories() methods) then you may still find a thumb.db. Hence you'll have to add the exclude option in these methods to ignore thumbs.db.
So, for example in your $item.getFiles() method, if you use get-childitem you will have to specify the -exclude option as well.
Sorry, I should have read your question more closely.
Use this method to provide a exclusion list in the form of a simple text file to exclude specific files or extensions from your count:
$dir = 'C:\YourDirectory'
#Type one filename.ext or *.ext per line in this txt file
$exclude = Get-Content "C:\Somefolder\exclude.txt"
$count = (dir $dir -Exclude $exclude).count
$count