Powershell script executed on each file in a folder? - powershell

Question

I currently have a powershell script, which print out some information regarding the files which passed in as argument..
The command for executing the script, it done as such:
.\myscript.ps1 -accessitem C:\folder
I want to apply the script on all files and folder on the drive C:, is it possible i for loop to list all files, and pass the path as argument for the script?
The script:
[CmdletBinding()]
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=0)]
[String]$AccessItem
)
$ErrorActionPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
If ($Error) {
$Error.Clear()
}
$RepPath = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$RepPath = $RepPath.Trim()
$str = $AccessItem -replace ':',''
$str = $AccessItem -replace '/','.'
$FinalReport = "$RepPath\"+$str+".csv"
$ReportFile1 = "$RepPath\NTFSPermission_Report.txt"
If (!(Test-Path $AccessItem)) {
Write-Host
Write-Host "`t Item $AccessItem Not Found." -ForegroundColor "Yellow"
Write-Host
}
Else {
If (Test-Path $FinalReport) {
Remove-Item $FinalReport
}
If (Test-Path $ReportFile1) {
Remove-Item $ReportFile1
}
Write-Host
Write-Host "`t Working. Please wait ... " -ForegroundColor "Yellow"
Write-Host
## -- Create The Report File
$ObjFSO = New-Object -ComObject Scripting.FileSystemObject
$ObjFile = $ObjFSO.CreateTextFile($ReportFile1, $True)
$ObjFile.Write("NTFS Permission Set On -- $AccessItem `r`n")
$ObjFile.Close()
$ObjFile = $ObjFSO.CreateTextFile($FinalReport, $True)
$ObjFile.Close()
[System.Runtime.Interopservices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject($ObjFSO) | Out-Null
Remove-Variable ObjFile
Remove-Variable ObjFSO
If((Get-Item $AccessItem).PSIsContainer -EQ $True) {
$Result = "ItemType -- Folder"
}
Else {
$Result = "ItemType -- File"
}
$DT = Get-Date -Format F
Add-Content $ReportFile1 -Value ("Report Created As On $DT")
Add-Content $ReportFile1 "=================================================================="
$Owner = (Get-Item -LiteralPath $AccessItem).GetAccessControl() | Select Owner
$Owner = $($Owner.Owner)
$Result = "$Result `t Owner -- $Owner"
Add-Content $ReportFile1 "$Result `n"
(Get-Item -LiteralPath $AccessItem).GetAccessControl() | Select * -Expand Access | Select IdentityReference, FileSystemRights, AccessControlType, IsInherited, InheritanceFlags, PropagationFlags | Export-CSV -Path "$RepPath\NTFSPermission_Report2.csv" -NoTypeInformation
Add-Content $FinalReport -Value (Get-Content $ReportFile1)
Add-Content $FinalReport -Value (Get-Content "$RepPath\NTFSPermission_Report2.csv")
Remove-Item $ReportFile1
Remove-Item "$RepPath\NTFSPermission_Report2.csv"
Invoke-Item $FinalReport
}
If ($Error) {
$Error.Clear()
}
I would prefer a outside command doing this, as workings of the script should not be altered, it it used for single file testing..

Answer 1

There are two ways to do this:
Add -Recurse Flag to the script
Run the script on each directory
I'm going with option two since the script looks complicated enough that I don't want to touch it.
$path_to_script = "C:\path\to\myscript.ps1"
$start_directory = "C:\folder"
# Call Script on Parent Directory
& "$path_to_script" -AccessItem "$start_directory"
# Call Script on any Child Directories within the "$start_directory"
foreach($child in (ls "$start_directory" -Recurse -Directory))
{
$path = $child.FullName
& "$path_to_script" -AccessItem "$path"
}
Basically, I'm calling the script on the parent directory and any sub-directories within the parent directory.