I've a folder called c:\mycommands
files under this folder are multiple files like:
command1.txt
command2.txt
command3.txt
each file has one line only, like this:
in file command1.txt:
echo "this is command1"
in file command2.txt"
echo "this is command2"
and so on
I want to read the filename and it's content into an array/variable pair in order to build a dynamic menu.
so theoretically, all I would need to do in the future is to, drop a file into the folder and program will include it as menu option dynamically. (or remove the file to have it not show up in menu option.
What's the best way to approach this? maybe a do while loop with get-content into an array? Any input would be greatly appreciated. I'm really trying limit or avoid menu maintenance but would rather have the menu bre created dynamically
Here are three variations on the same basic idea, depending on what kind of output you need.
# Storing output in a hash table (key/value pairs)
$resultHash = #{}
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\mycommands -File |
ForEach-Object {$resultHash.Add($_.Name, (Get-Content -Path $_.FullName))}
# Storing output in an array of psobjects
$resultArray = #()
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\mycommands -File |
ForEach-Object {
$resultArray += (New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property #{"NameOfFile"=$_.Name; "CommandText"=(Get-Content -Path $_.FullName);})
}
# Outputting psobjects to the pipeline
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\mycommands -File |
ForEach-Object {
New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property #{"NameOfFile"=$_.Name; "CommandText"=(Get-Content -Path $_.FullName);}
}
# Making a nice menu out of the hash table version
$promptTitle = "My menu"
$promptMessage = "Choose from the options below"
$promptOptions = #()
foreach ($key in $resultHash.Keys)
{
$promptOptions += New-Object System.Management.Automation.Host.ChoiceDescription $key, $resultHash[$key]
}
$promptResponse = $host.ui.PromptForChoice($promptTitle, $promptMessage, $promptOptions, 0)
If I am understanding what you want correctly, this might be able to accomplish it for you.
If will gather a list of all the files in a folder, then get the content from each one and add them to an Array one by one.
[System.Collections.ArrayList]$Files = #(Get-ChildItem "C:\Logs\" |
Where-Object {$_.PSIsContainer -eq $false} |
Select-Object FullName)
[System.Collections.ArrayList]$List_Of_Commands = #()
foreach ($File in $Files) {
[System.Collections.ArrayList]$File_Contents = #(Get-Content $File.FullName)
foreach ($Content in $File_Contents) {
$Array_Object = [PSCustomObject]#{
'Command' = $Content
}
$List_Of_Commands.Add($Array_Object) | Out-Null
}
}
$List_Of_Commands
I have a SQL table that contains several hundred rows of data. One of the columns in this table contains text reports that were stored as plain text within the column.
Essentially, I need to iterate through each row of data in SQL and output the contents of each row's report column to its own individual text file with a unique name pulled from another column.
I am trying to accomplish this via PowerShell and I seem to be hung up. Below is what I have thus far.
foreach ($i=0; $i -le $Reports.Count; $i++)
{
$SDIR = "C:\harassmentreports"
$FILENAME = $Reports | Select-Object FILENAME
$FILETEXT = $Reports | Select-Object TEXT
$NAME = "$SDIR\$FILENAME.txt"
if (!([System.IO.File]::Exists($NAME))) {
Out-File $NAME | Set-Content -Path $FULLFILE -Value $FILETEXT
}
}
Assuming that $Reports is a list of the records from your SQL query, you'll want to fix the following issues:
In an indexed loop use indexed access to the elements of your array:
$FILENAME = $Reports[$i] | Select-Object FILENAME
$FILETEXT = $Reports[$i] | Select-Object TEXT
Define variables outside the loop if their value doesn't change inside the loop:
$SDIR = "C:\harassmentreports"
foreach ($i=0; $i -le $Reports.Count; $i++) {
...
}
Expand properties if you want to use their value:
$FILENAME = $Reports[$i] | Select-Object -Expand FILENAME
$FILETEXT = $Reports[$i] | Select-Object -Expand TEXT
Use Join-Path for constructing paths:
$NAME = Join-Path $SDIR "$FILENAME.txt"
Use Test-Path for checking the existence of a file or folder:
if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $NAME)) {
...
}
Use either Out-File
Out-File -FilePath $NAME -InputObject $TEXT
or Set-Content
Out-File -Path $NAME -Value $TEXT
not both of them. The basic difference between the two cmdlets is their default encoding. The former uses Unicode, the latter ASCII encoding. Both allow you to change the encoding via the parameter -Encoding.
You may also want to reconsider using a for loop in the first place. A pipeline with a ForEach-Object loop might be a better approach:
$SDIR = "C:\harassmentreports"
$Reports | ForEach-Object {
$file = Join-Path $SDIR ($_.FILENAME + '.txt')
if (-not (Test-Path $file)) { Set-Content -Path $file -Value $_.TEXT }
}
We have a backup that runs every other day, but the files are large and we want to just remove every other one once we get a certain amount of backup files with our file signature.
I've tried this:
$Drive = "E:\temp\"
$deleteTime = -42;
$limit = (Get-Date).AddDays($deleteTime)
#this is finding the correct files but I don't think it's really in an array
$temp1 = Get-ChildItem -Path $Drive -filter "*junk.vhd*" | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt $limit} | Select -Expand Name
for($i=$temp1.GetLowerBound(0); $i -le $temp1.GetUpperBound(0); $i+=2) {
Write-Host "removing $temp1[$i]" #this is listing the entire array with a [0] for first one and the third [2] element also, whether I cast to an array or not
}
I tried this instead of the above (Get-ChildItem) line currently but it listed the entire set of junk files for [0] instead of just the first junk.vhd at [0]:
[array]$temp1 =#( Get-ChildItem -Path $Drive -filter "*junk.vhd*" | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt $limit} | Foreach-Object {$_.Name} )
I tried this too:
$limit = (Get-Date).AddDays(-42)
$list = (dir -Filter *junk.ps1 | where LastWriteTime -lt $limit).FullName
$count = $list.Length
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $count; $i += 2)
{
Write-Verbose "[$i] $($list[$i])"
#it's not getting in here because I'm not sure how
#to add the $Drive location and list is empty
}
Does anyone have a suggestion how to get an array of the filenames from $Drive location with the signature *junk.vhd so I can loop through them and remove every other one?
An internet search isn't turning much up.
This works for me:
$deleteTime = -12;
$limit = (Get-Date).AddDays($deleteTime)
$t = Get-ChildItem -Path $pwd -filter "p*.txt" | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt $limit} | Select -Expand Name
foreach ($a in $t) { Write-Host "Name : $a" }
What have I missed from what you were looking for?
(Obviously, you will need to maintain a counter and do some modulo arithmetic in the body of the foreach() statement... )
This works, too:
for($i=$t.GetLowerBound(0); $i -le $t.GetUpperBound(0); $i+=2) {
$n = $t[$i]
Write-Host "removing $n"
}
I'm new to the Powershell and would need some help with a problem. I created a function which returns an object with Infos about the Directory:
DATE: 10-12-2012
COMPUTER: PC1
DIRECTORY: C:\TEMP
FOLDERSIZE_IN_MB: 70
I loop through the directories to collect information of their sizes and export it to a CSV file once a week.
HERE STARTS MY PROBLEM:
I want to get some information about the dir growth. I started to write a script with import the oldest and newest CSV files.
$data="C:\LOG\Data"
$data= gci -path $data -filter "*.csv"
$temp=""
$old,$new=#()
foreach($item in $data){
If((Get-Date $item.LastWriteTime -format ("ddMMyyyy")) -gt $temp){
$new+= $item.FullName |Import-CSV -delimiter ";"
}
Elseif((Get-Date $item.LastWriteTime -format ("ddMMyyyy")) -lt $temp){
$old+= $item.FullName |Import-CSV -delimiter ";"
}
$temp=(Get-Date $item.LastWriteTime -format ("ddMMyyyy"))
}
How can I compare the two arrays to find equal dir vlaues in both and callculate with thier sizes?
I dont know how to check:
IF C:\TEMP in OLD and C:\TEMP in NEW then callulate (1-(SIZEOLD/SITZENEW))*100.
I would be nice to get an output like:
DATE: 10-12-2012
COMPUTER: PC1
DIRECTORY: C:\TEMP
FOLDERSIZE_IN_MB: 80,5
GROWTH_SINCE_LAST_SCAN: 15%
This is what I did to resolve my problem but I does not look solid and I do not know how to convert the hash back into an object to pipe the result into a csv.
$old=$old|Group-object Item
$new=$new|Group-object Item
$result1=compare $new $old -property Name -includeequal -passthru |WHERE {$_.Sideindicator -eq "=="}
$result2=compare $old $new -property Name -includeequal -passthru |WHERE {$_.Sideindicator -eq "=="}
for($i=0;$i -le $result1.count;$i++){
if($result1[$i].Name -contains $result2[$i].Name){
$Size2=($result2[$i].Group)| select-object -property FolderSize_in_MB
$Size1=($result1[$i].Group)| select-object -property FolderSize_in_MB
if(([int]$Size1.FolderSize_in_MB) -ne "0"){
$growth=(1-(([int]$Size2.FolderSize_in_MB)/([int]$Size1.FolderSize_in_MB)))*100
}
else{
$growth="0"
}
}
else{
}
if($result1[$i]){
$result1[$i].Group| ADD-Member NoteProperty Growth ("{0:n2}"-f $growth +"%")
}
}
The most forward way would be based on gci | measure-object -sum length. The Scripting Guys have just done it that way.
For homemade solution, I'd rather store directory names and sizes in a file. On next run, import the data and create a hashtable on its contents. Use full name of each dir as hash key and size as value. Read the current dir sizes and look old sizes from the hashtable. (You could serialize the hashtable, I propably would do that.)
$ht = #{}
$oldDirs = import-csv "lastStatus.log" # Assume: Name,Size
$oldDirs | % {
$ht.Add($_.Name, $_.Size)
}
$newDirs = gci -path $data -filter "*.csv"
$newDirs | % {
# If the hashtable contains dir with same name, read the size and print comparison
if($ht.ContainsKey($_.FullName)) {
$oldValue = $ht.Item($_.FullName)
$("{0}, {1}% " -f $_, (1-($oldValue/$_.Size))*100 ) # Get current size here somehow
}
}
I have two different folders with xml files. One folder (folder2) contains updated and new xml files compared to the other (folder1). I need to know which files in folder2 are new/updated compared to folder1 and copy them to a third folder (folder3). What's the best way to accomplish this in PowerShell?
OK, I'm not going to code the whole thing for you (what's the fun in that?) but I'll get you started.
First, there are two ways to do the content comparison. The lazy/mostly right way, which is comparing the length of the files; and the accurate but more involved way, which is comparing a hash of the contents of each file.
For simplicity sake, let's do the easy way and compare file size.
Basically, you want two objects that represent the source and target folders:
$Folder1 = Get-childitem "C:\Folder1"
$Folder2 = Get-childitem "C:\Folder2"
Then you can use Compare-Object to see which items are different...
Compare-Object $Folder1 $Folder2 -Property Name, Length
which will list for you everything that is different by comparing only name and length of the file objects in each collection.
You can pipe that to a Where-Object filter to pick stuff that is different on the left side...
Compare-Object $Folder1 $Folder2 -Property Name, Length | Where-Object {$_.SideIndicator -eq "<="}
And then pipe that to a ForEach-Object to copy where you want:
Compare-Object $Folder1 $Folder2 -Property Name, Length | Where-Object {$_.SideIndicator -eq "<="} | ForEach-Object {
Copy-Item "C:\Folder1\$($_.name)" -Destination "C:\Folder3" -Force
}
Recursive Directory Diff Using MD5 Hashing (Compares Content)
Here is a pure PowerShell v3+ recursive file diff (no dependencies) that calculates MD5 hash for each directories file contents (left/right). Can optionally export CSV's along with a summary text file. Default outputs results to stdout. Can either drop the rdiff.ps1 file into your path or copy the contents into your script.
USAGE: rdiff path/to/left,path/to/right [-s path/to/summary/dir]
Here is the gist. Recommended to use version from gist as it may have additional features over time. Feel free to send pull requests.
#########################################################################
### USAGE: rdiff path/to/left,path/to/right [-s path/to/summary/dir] ###
### ADD LOCATION OF THIS SCRIPT TO PATH ###
#########################################################################
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[parameter(HelpMessage="Stores the execution working directory.")]
[string]$ExecutionDirectory=$PWD,
[parameter(Position=0,HelpMessage="Compare two directories recursively for differences.")]
[alias("c")]
[string[]]$Compare,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Export a summary to path.")]
[alias("s")]
[string]$ExportSummary
)
### FUNCTION DEFINITIONS ###
# SETS WORKING DIRECTORY FOR .NET #
function SetWorkDir($PathName, $TestPath) {
$AbsPath = NormalizePath $PathName $TestPath
Set-Location $AbsPath
[System.IO.Directory]::SetCurrentDirectory($AbsPath)
}
# RESTORES THE EXECUTION WORKING DIRECTORY AND EXITS #
function SafeExit() {
SetWorkDir /path/to/execution/directory $ExecutionDirectory
Exit
}
function Print {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=0,HelpMessage="Message to print.")]
[string]$Message,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Specifies a success.")]
[alias("s")]
[switch]$SuccessFlag,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Specifies a warning.")]
[alias("w")]
[switch]$WarningFlag,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Specifies an error.")]
[alias("e")]
[switch]$ErrorFlag,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Specifies a fatal error.")]
[alias("f")]
[switch]$FatalFlag,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Specifies a info message.")]
[alias("i")]
[switch]$InfoFlag = !$SuccessFlag -and !$WarningFlag -and !$ErrorFlag -and !$FatalFlag,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Specifies blank lines to print before.")]
[alias("b")]
[int]$LinesBefore=0,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Specifies blank lines to print after.")]
[alias("a")]
[int]$LinesAfter=0,
[parameter(HelpMessage="Specifies if program should exit.")]
[alias("x")]
[switch]$ExitAfter
)
PROCESS {
if($LinesBefore -ne 0) {
foreach($i in 0..$LinesBefore) { Write-Host "" }
}
if($InfoFlag) { Write-Host "$Message" }
if($SuccessFlag) { Write-Host "$Message" -ForegroundColor "Green" }
if($WarningFlag) { Write-Host "$Message" -ForegroundColor "Orange" }
if($ErrorFlag) { Write-Host "$Message" -ForegroundColor "Red" }
if($FatalFlag) { Write-Host "$Message" -ForegroundColor "Red" -BackgroundColor "Black" }
if($LinesAfter -ne 0) {
foreach($i in 0..$LinesAfter) { Write-Host "" }
}
if($ExitAfter) { SafeExit }
}
}
# VALIDATES STRING MIGHT BE A PATH #
function ValidatePath($PathName, $TestPath) {
If([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($TestPath)) {
Print -x -f "$PathName is not a path"
}
}
# NORMALIZES RELATIVE OR ABSOLUTE PATH TO ABSOLUTE PATH #
function NormalizePath($PathName, $TestPath) {
ValidatePath "$PathName" "$TestPath"
$TestPath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine((pwd).Path, $TestPath)
$NormalizedPath = [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($TestPath)
return $NormalizedPath
}
# VALIDATES STRING MIGHT BE A PATH AND RETURNS ABSOLUTE PATH #
function ResolvePath($PathName, $TestPath) {
ValidatePath "$PathName" "$TestPath"
$ResolvedPath = NormalizePath $PathName $TestPath
return $ResolvedPath
}
# VALIDATES STRING RESOLVES TO A PATH AND RETURNS ABSOLUTE PATH #
function RequirePath($PathName, $TestPath, $PathType) {
ValidatePath $PathName $TestPath
If(!(Test-Path $TestPath -PathType $PathType)) {
Print -x -f "$PathName ($TestPath) does not exist as a $PathType"
}
$ResolvedPath = Resolve-Path $TestPath
return $ResolvedPath
}
# Like mkdir -p -> creates a directory recursively if it doesn't exist #
function MakeDirP {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=0,HelpMessage="Path create.")]
[string]$Path
)
PROCESS {
New-Item -path $Path -itemtype Directory -force | Out-Null
}
}
# GETS ALL FILES IN A PATH RECURSIVELY #
function GetFiles {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=0,HelpMessage="Path to get files for.")]
[string]$Path
)
PROCESS {
ls $Path -r | where { !$_.PSIsContainer }
}
}
# GETS ALL FILES WITH CALCULATED HASH PROPERTY RELATIVE TO A ROOT DIRECTORY RECURSIVELY #
# RETURNS LIST OF #{RelativePath, Hash, FullName}
function GetFilesWithHash {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=0,HelpMessage="Path to get directories for.")]
[string]$Path,
[parameter(HelpMessage="The hash algorithm to use.")]
[string]$Algorithm="MD5"
)
PROCESS {
$OriginalPath = $PWD
SetWorkDir path/to/diff $Path
GetFiles $Path | select #{N="RelativePath";E={$_.FullName | Resolve-Path -Relative}},
#{N="Hash";E={(Get-FileHash $_.FullName -Algorithm $Algorithm | select Hash).Hash}},
FullName
SetWorkDir path/to/original $OriginalPath
}
}
# COMPARE TWO DIRECTORIES RECURSIVELY #
# RETURNS LIST OF #{RelativePath, Hash, FullName}
function DiffDirectories {
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=0,HelpMessage="Directory to compare left.")]
[alias("l")]
[string]$LeftPath,
[parameter(Mandatory=$TRUE,Position=1,HelpMessage="Directory to compare right.")]
[alias("r")]
[string]$RightPath
)
PROCESS {
$LeftHash = GetFilesWithHash $LeftPath
$RightHash = GetFilesWithHash $RightPath
diff -ReferenceObject $LeftHash -DifferenceObject $RightHash -Property RelativePath,Hash
}
}
### END FUNCTION DEFINITIONS ###
### PROGRAM LOGIC ###
if($Compare.length -ne 2) {
Print -x "Compare requires passing exactly 2 path parameters separated by comma, you passed $($Compare.length)." -f
}
Print "Comparing $($Compare[0]) to $($Compare[1])..." -a 1
$LeftPath = RequirePath path/to/left $Compare[0] container
$RightPath = RequirePath path/to/right $Compare[1] container
$Diff = DiffDirectories $LeftPath $RightPath
$LeftDiff = $Diff | where {$_.SideIndicator -eq "<="} | select RelativePath,Hash
$RightDiff = $Diff | where {$_.SideIndicator -eq "=>"} | select RelativePath,Hash
if($ExportSummary) {
$ExportSummary = ResolvePath path/to/summary/dir $ExportSummary
MakeDirP $ExportSummary
$SummaryPath = Join-Path $ExportSummary summary.txt
$LeftCsvPath = Join-Path $ExportSummary left.csv
$RightCsvPath = Join-Path $ExportSummary right.csv
$LeftMeasure = $LeftDiff | measure
$RightMeasure = $RightDiff | measure
"== DIFF SUMMARY ==" > $SummaryPath
"" >> $SummaryPath
"-- DIRECTORIES --" >> $SummaryPath
"`tLEFT -> $LeftPath" >> $SummaryPath
"`tRIGHT -> $RightPath" >> $SummaryPath
"" >> $SummaryPath
"-- DIFF COUNT --" >> $SummaryPath
"`tLEFT -> $($LeftMeasure.Count)" >> $SummaryPath
"`tRIGHT -> $($RightMeasure.Count)" >> $SummaryPath
"" >> $SummaryPath
$Diff | Format-Table >> $SummaryPath
$LeftDiff | Export-Csv $LeftCsvPath -f
$RightDiff | Export-Csv $RightCsvPath -f
}
$Diff
SafeExit
Further to #JNK's answer, you might want to ensure that you are always working with files rather than the less-intuitive output from Compare-Object. You just need to use the -PassThru switch...
$Folder1 = Get-ChildItem "C:\Folder1"
$Folder2 = Get-ChildItem "C:\Folder2"
$Folder2 = "C:\Folder3\"
# Get all differences, i.e. from both "sides"
$AllDiffs = Compare-Object $Folder1 $Folder2 -Property Name,Length -PassThru
# Filter for new/updated files from $Folder2
$Changes = $AllDiffs | Where-Object {$_.Directory.Fullname -eq $Folder2}
# Copy to $Folder3
$Changes | Copy-Item -Destination $Folder3
This at least means you don't have to worry about which way the SideIndicator arrow points!
Also, bear in mind that you might want to compare on LastWriteTime as well.
Sub-folders
Looping through the sub-folders recursively is a little more complicated as you probably will need to strip off the respective root folder paths from the FullName field before comparing lists.
You could do this by adding a new ScriptProperty to your Folder1 and Folder2 lists:
$Folder1 | Add-Member -MemberType ScriptProperty -Name "RelativePath" `
-Value {$this.FullName -replace [Regex]::Escape("C:\Folder1"),""}
$Folder2 | Add-Member -MemberType ScriptProperty -Name "RelativePath" `
-Value {$this.FullName -replace [Regex]::Escape("C:\Folder2"),""}
You should then be able to use RelativePath as a property when comparing the two objects and also use that to join on to "C:\Folder3" when copying to keep the folder structure in place.
Here's an approach which will find files which are missing or differ in content.
First, a quick-and-dirty one-liner (see caveat below).
dir -r | rvpa -Relative |%{ if (Test-Path $right\$_) { if (Test-Path -Type Leaf $_) { if ( diff (cat $_) (cat $right\$_ ) ) { $_ } } } else { $_ } }
Run the above in one of the directories, with $right set to (or replaced with) the path to the other directory. Things missing from $right, or which differ in content, will be reported. No output means no differences found. CAVEAT: Things existing in $right but missing from the left will not be found/reported.
This doesn't bother calculating hashes; it just compares the file contents directly. Hashing makes sense when you want to reference something in another context (later date, on another machine, etc.), but when we're comparing things directly, it adds nothing but overhead. (It's also theoretically possible for two files to have the same hash, although that's basically impossible to happen by accident. Deliberate attack, on the other hand...)
Here's a more proper script, which handles more corner cases and errors.
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)][string]$Left,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True,Position=1)][string]$Right
)
# throw errors on undefined variables
Set-StrictMode -Version 1
# stop immediately on error
$ErrorActionPreference = [System.Management.Automation.ActionPreference]::Stop
# init counters
$Items = $MissingRight = $MissingLeft = $Contentdiff = 0
# make sure the given parameters are valid paths
$left = Resolve-Path $left
$right = Resolve-Path $right
# make sure the given parameters are directories
if (-Not (Test-Path -Type Container $left)) { throw "not a container: $left" }
if (-Not (Test-Path -Type Container $right)) { throw "not a container: $right" }
# Starting from $left as relative root, walk the tree and compare to $right.
Push-Location $left
try {
Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Resolve-Path -Relative | ForEach-Object {
$rel = $_
$Items++
# make sure counterpart exists on the other side
if (-not (Test-Path $right\$rel)) {
Write-Output "missing from right: $rel"
$MissingRight++
return
}
# compare contents for files (directories just have to exist)
if (Test-Path -Type Leaf $rel) {
if ( Compare-Object (Get-Content $left\$rel) (Get-Content $right\$rel) ) {
Write-Output "content differs : $rel"
$ContentDiff++
}
}
}
}
finally {
Pop-Location
}
# Check items in $right for counterparts in $left.
# Something missing from $left of course won't be found when walking $left.
# Don't need to check content again here.
Push-Location $right
try {
Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Resolve-Path -Relative | ForEach-Object {
$rel = $_
if (-not (Test-Path $left\$rel)) {
Write-Output "missing from left : $rel"
$MissingLeft++
return
}
}
}
finally {
Pop-Location
}
Write-Verbose "$Items items, $ContentDiff differed, $MissingLeft missing from left, $MissingRight from right"
Handy version using script parameter
Simple file-level comparasion
Call it like PS > .\DirDiff.ps1 -a .\Old\ -b .\New\
Param(
[string]$a,
[string]$b
)
$fsa = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -path $a
$fsb = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -path $b
Compare-Object -Referenceobject $fsa -DifferenceObject $fsb
Possible output:
InputObject SideIndicator
----------- -------------
appsettings.Development.json <=
appsettings.Testing.json <=
Server.pdb =>
ServerClientLibrary.pdb =>
Do this:
compare (Get-ChildItem D:\MyFolder\NewFolder) (Get-ChildItem \\RemoteServer\MyFolder\NewFolder)
And even recursively:
compare (Get-ChildItem -r D:\MyFolder\NewFolder) (Get-ChildItem -r \\RemoteServer\MyFolder\NewFolder)
and is even hard to forget :)
gci -path 'C:\Folder' -recurse |where{$_.PSIsContainer}
-recurse will explore all subtrees below the root path given and the .PSIsContainer property is the one you want to test for to grab all folders only. You can use where{!$_.PSIsContainer} for just files.