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!
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| 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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