Scan the properties of files on an excel sheet by Powershell - powershell

Question

I have a task that requires to scan the property of all the files indicated by certain directories where the files are stored. I need my code to read the following line of information separated by the delimiter "," stored in a .txt file as follows (the directory is made up by myself on my own device and I went ahead making up some blank .xlsx files to test my code:
Jakarta,C:\\temp\Hfolder,C:\temp\Lfolder
I currently have code that looks like this:
$LocContent = Import-Csv "C:\temp\Location.txt" # -Header $fileHeaders
ForEach($line in $LocContent){C:\temp\test1.csv -NoTypeInformation
#split fields into values
$line = $LocContent -split (",")
$country = $line[0]
$hDrivePath = $line[1]
$lDrivePath = $line[2]
Get-ChildItem $hDrivePath -force -include *.xlsx, *.accdb, *.accde, *.accdt, *.accdr -Recurse
Get-ChildItem $lDrivePath -force -include *.xlsx, *.accdb, *.accde, *.accdt, *.accdr -Recurse
? {
$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-5)
}
Select-Object -Property Name, Directory, #{Name="Owner";Expression={(Get-ACL $_.Fullname).Owner}}, CreationTime, LastAccessTime, #{N="Location";E={$country}}, #{N='size in MB';E={$_.Length/1024kb}} | Export-Csv
}
However there is no output on the .csv file I assigned to output the information. What is wrong in my code?
Thanks!

Answer 1

There are several flaws within your code:
The Select has neither an -InputObject nor is anything piped to it so there can't be an output
You should decide whether you treat C:\temp\Location.txt as
a text file with Get-Contentand a split
or as a csv with headers
or without headers and supply them to the import.
The Get-ChildItem output isn't piped anywhere nor stored in a variable so it goes to the screen.
Export-Csv needs a file name to export to.
Try this untested script:
## Q:\Test\2018\06\26\SO_51038180.ps1
$fileHeaders = #('country','hDrivePath','lDrivePath')
$extensions = #('*.xlsx','*.accdb','*.accde','*.accdt','*.accdr')
$LocContent = Import-Csv "C:\temp\Location.txt" -Header $fileHeaders
$NewData = ForEach($Row in $LocContent){
Get-ChildItem $Row.hDrivePath,$Row.lDrivePath -Force -Include $extensions -Recurse |
Where-Object LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays(-5) |
Select-Object -Property Name,
Directory,
#{Name="Owner";Expression={(Get-ACL $_.Fullname).Owner}},
CreationTime,
LastAccessTime,
#{N="Location";E={$Row.country}},
#{N='size in MB';E={$_.Length/1024kb}}
}
# you choose what to do with the result uncomment the desired
$NewData | Format-Table -Auto
# $NewData | Out-Gridview
# $NewData | Export-Csv '.\NewData.csv' -NoTypeInformation