recursively count files in folder and output to file - powershell

Question

I want to count files for every folder on an E-drive, and output the folder path and file count to a text file using PowerShell (version 2).
I have found this script, but it outputs to console. How do I change it to output to a text file?
Set-Location -Path E:\
Get-ChildItem -recurse | Where-Object{ $_.PSIsContainer } | ForEach-Object{ Write-Host $_.FullName (Get-ChildItem $_.FullName | Measure-Object).Count }

Answer 1

I think it would be best to get an array of resulting objects where you can store both the directory path and the number of files it contains. That way, you can afterwards show it in the console and also save it to a structured CSV file you can open in Excel.
This is for PowerShell 2:
# to keep the property order in PS version < 3.0, create an
# Ordered Dictionary to store the properties first
$dict = New-Object System.Collections.Specialized.OrderedDictionary
# now loop over the folders
$result = Get-ChildItem -Path 'E:\' -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer } |
ForEach-Object {
# add the results in the temporary ordered dictionary
$dict.Add('Directory', $_.FullName)
$dict.Add('Files', #(Get-ChildItem -Path $_.FullName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Where-Object { !$_.PSIsContainer }).Count)
# and output a PSObject to be collected in array '$result'
New-Object PSObject -Property $dict
$dict.Clear()
}
# output on screen
$result | Format-Table -AutoSize
#output to CSV file
$result | Export-Csv -Path 'D:\Test\FileCount.csv' -NoTypeInformation
The -Force switch makes sure you also count items that otherwise can't be accessed by the user, such as hidden or system files.

Answer 2

Get-ChildItem c:\tmp -recurse |
Where-Object{ $_.PSIsContainer } |
ForEach-Object {
"$($_.Fullname) $((Get-ChildItem $_.FullName | Where-Object{!$_.PSIsContainer}).count)"
} |
Out-File c:\tmp\out.txt

Answer 3

You can use the > operator for this:
Set-Location -Path E:\
(Get-ChildItem -recurse | Where-Object{ $_.PSIsContainer } | ForEach-Object{ Write-Host $_.FullName (Get-ChildItem $_.FullName | Measure-Object).Count }) >"OUTPUTFILEPATH.txt"