Get-ChildItemRecurse

Ever wanted to do a recursive search, but restricted to a certain level of sub-folders? Here is a Get-ChildItem wrapper that let’s you do just that!


function Get-ChildItemRecurse{
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Wrapper for Get-ChildItem to be able to define how deep you want to search in a directory structure.
.DESCRIPTION
Wrapper for Get-ChildItem to be able to define how deep you want to search in a directory structure.
.PARAMETER Path
One or more paths you want to start searching from. Defaults to '.' (Current location).
.PARAMETER Filter
The filter that defines what you are searching for. Defaults to '*.*' (Everything).
.PARAMETER Levels
Defines how deep you want your search to be. Defaults to 0 (Current level only).
.EXAMPLE
Get-ChildItemRecurse . *.txt
Description
———–
Get all files in the current directory with an extension of 'txt'
.EXAMPLE
Get-ChildItemRecurse . ('*.txt','*.doc') -Levels 1
Description
———–
Get all files in the current directory and all subdirectories with an extension of 'txt' and 'doc'.
This search will be performed 1 level deep, and will not get this file: '.\sub\subsub\file.txt'
.NOTES
Name: Get-ChildItemRecurse
Author: Øyvind Kallstad
Date: 20.03.2014
Version: 1.0
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
param (
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelinebyPropertyName = $true, Position = 0)]
[string[]]$Path = '.',
[Parameter(Position = 1)]
[string[]]$Filter = '*.*',
[Parameter(Position = 2)]
[int]$Levels = 0
)
PROCESS{
foreach ($thisPath in $Path){
if(-not (Test-Path $thisPath)){
Write-Warning "Cannot find path '$($thisPath)'."
}
else{
foreach($thisFilter in $Filter){
Write-Output (Get-ChildItem path $thisPath Filter $thisFilter)
if($Levels -gt 0){
$subFolders = (,(Get-ChildItem Path $thisPath Attributes 'Directory'))
foreach($subFolder in $subFolders){
Write-Output (Get-ChildItemRecurse Path ($subFolder.FullName) Filter $thisFilter Levels ($Levels 1))
}
}
}
}
}
}
}

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