Keyword Search Across All Servers - Powershell - powershell

Question

Afternoon All,
I need to run a search across all of our servers.
I have the list of servers in a text document and a list of keywords in another
$Servers = get-content -path 'C:\support\Server Search\Server Test.txt'
$Keywords = get-content -path "C:\Support\Server Search\Keyword Test.txt"
Foreach ($Server in $Servers){
Foreach ($Keyword in $Keywords){
Get-ChildItem "$Server" -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "$Keyword"}
$i++
Write-Host "$found: $i - Current $ $_"
New-Object -TypeName PSCustomObject -Property #{
Directory = $_.Directory
Name = $_.Name
Length = $_.Length /1024
CreationTime = $_.CreationTime
LastWriteTime = $_.LastWriteTime
LastAccessTime = $_.LastAccessTime}|
select Directory,Name,Length,CreationTime,LastWriteTime,LastAccessTime |
Export-Csv "C:\support\server search\$Server.csv" -Append -NoTypeInformation
}}
$i = 0
Is there a way to indicate when a Keyword has been located and total keywords found? I feel like I need to change this Line but I cannot fathom what I would actually put, I've tried $Keywords but that just changes keyword everytime the directory changes
$i++
Write-Host "$found: $i - Current $ $_"

Answer 1

I'm assuming your $server is set up something like "\\servername\c$\"
when a Keyword has been located and total keywords found:
$Servers = get-content -path 'C:\support\Server Search\Server Test.txt'
$Keywords = get-content -path "C:\Support\Server Search\Keyword Test.txt"
$num = 0 #Total Keyword files Found
Foreach ($Server in $Servers){
Foreach ($Keyword in $Keywords){
#Keyword found Check
$Found = Get-ChildItem -Path "$Server" -Recurse -Include "$Keyword"
if($Found){
Foreach($File in $Found){
$num++ #increment num of keyword files found by 1
Write-Host "found: $num - $File"
New-Object -TypeName PSCustomObject -Property #{
Directory = $File.Directory
Name = $File.Name
Length = $File.Length /1024
CreationTime = $File.CreationTime
LastWriteTime = $File.LastWriteTime
LastAccessTime = $File.LastAccessTime}|
select Directory,Name,Length,CreationTime,LastWriteTime,LastAccessTime |
Export-Csv "C:\support\server search\$Server.csv" -Append -NoTypeInformation
}
}
}
}
Please let me know if this helps you progress. I can assist further if requested.