I have a PowerShell script that deletes files in directory including files in subdirectories. I need it to delete files in that directory only and not to delete files in subdirectories
Here is what I have:
$DelFiles = get-childitem $DirectoryName -include $FileTemplate -recurse |where {$_.Lastwritetime -lt (date).AddDays(-$days)}
Any help would be appreciated
Just remove -recurse:
$DelFiles = get-childitem $DirectoryName -include $FileTemplate | where {$_.Lastwritetime -lt (date).AddDays(-$days)}
Powershell (v 2.0.-1.-1) has an interesting behavior
Get-ChildItem . -include *.txt
- will fail your expectation (will return zero matches)
Get-ChildItem .\* -include *.txt
- will produce proper-expected results. (will return all txt files in current dir)
It seem to be a part of it's design - see it's manual:
Get-Help Get-ChildItem -full
Perhaps you $DirectoryName has format like C:\111\, when for your datagrab you actually should provide something like C:\111\*
get-childitem C:\111\* -include *.txt
Hope that helps. ^_^
remove recurse and add -file
if you want remove only files in directory and subdirectory
get-childitem $DirectoryName -recurse -File -Filter $FileTemplate | where {$_.Lastwritetime -lt (date).AddDays(-$days)} | Remove-Item -Force
if you want remove only files in directory and not subdirectory
get-childitem $DirectoryName -File -Filter $FileTemplate | where {$_.Lastwritetime -lt (date).AddDays(-$days)} | Remove-Item -Force
