PowerShell Wildcard Not Returning All Files - powershell

Question

I'm new to PowerShell and been trying to get this script to work.
If ((Get-Date -UFormat %a) -eq "Mon") {$intSubtract = -3}
Else {$intSubtract = -1}
$datDate = (Get-Date).AddDays($intSubtract)
Write-Output "Find expected file --------------"
$strDate = ($datDate).ToString('yyyyMMdd')
Write-Host "strDate: $strDate"
$arrGetFile = Get-ChildItem -Path "\\Computer\Data\States\NorthDakota\Cities\*_Bismark_$strDate*.txt"
$strLocalFileName = $arrGetFile
If ($arrGetFile.count -ne 2)
{
Throw "No file or more than two files with today's date exists!"
}
Else {$strLocalFileName = $arrGetFile[0].Name}
Write-Output "Found file $strLocalFileName --------------"
#Encrypt each file
foreach ($arrGetFile in $strPath)
{
Write-Output "Start Encrypt --------------"
$strPath = "\\Computer\Data\States\NorthDakota\Cities\"
$FileAndPath = Join-Path $strPath $strLocalFileName
$Recipient = "0xA49B4B5D"
Import-Module \\JAMS\C$\PSM_PGP.psm1
Get-Module Encrypt
Encrypt $FileAndPath $Recipient
$strLocalFileNamePGP = $strLocalFileName + ".pgp"
Write-Output "End Encrypt --------------"
}
#Archive files
Write-Output "Archiving --------------"
move-item -path \\Computer\Data\States\NorthDakota\Cities\*_Bismark_$strDate*.txt -destination \\Computer\Data\States\NorthDakota\Cities\Archive
The Cities folder will contain two files. Example 2015_Bismark_20150626_183121.txt and 2015_Bismark_20150626_183121_Control.txt
I am trying to get both files encrypted however it is only finding and encrypting the file without _Control. It is archiving both files correctly.
Not sure what I am missing to also find the control file.

Answer 1

Your for loop is incorrect. You have foreach ($arrGetFile in $strPath), but $strPath doesn't seem to contain anything at that point.
Your for loop should be:
foreach ($LocalFile in $arrGetFile)
And you need to remove the following line:
$strLocalFileName = $arrGetFile
This is making $strLocalFileName an array of file objects, but later in the script you are treating it like a string. You may have more logical errors--you need to walk through the script very carefully and identify each variable and make sure it contains what you expect it to contain.
In general you seem to be treating arrays of non-string objects as if they are strings. Note that I changed your $strLocalFileName variable to $LocalFile. This is because it is a file object, not a string object.
Following is a sample that just shows that the for loop iterates through the both files.
If ((Get-Date -UFormat %a) -eq "Mon") {$intSubtract = -3}
Else {$intSubtract = -1}
$datDate = (Get-Date).AddDays($intSubtract)
Write-Output "Find expected file --------------"
$strDate = ($datDate).ToString('yyyyMMdd')
Write-Host "strDate: $strDate"
$arrGetFile = Get-ChildItem -Path "\\Computer\Data\States\NorthDakota\Cities\*_Bismark_$strDate*.txt"
If ($arrGetFile.count -ne 2)
{
Throw "No file or more than two files with today's date exists!"
}
Write-Output "Found files " ($arrGetFile | select Name | fl) "--------------"
#Process each file
foreach ($LocalFile in $arrGetFile)
{
$FileAndPath = Join-Path $LocalFile.DirectoryName $LocalFile
$FileAndPath
}
Start with this and then carefully add your encryption processing back into the loop.
Also, The line that assigns $FileAndPath could be removed. You can just use $LocalFile.FullName wherever you need the full path and filename.