This is a little function I wrote one day when I needed to get the total size of a set of folders (including sub folders). It performs a recursive search and computes the total count and also shows the size in a more human-readable format. It also have a “hidden” property called SizeInBytes that can be helpful if you want to do size calculations and need the size in a common format.
Enjoy.
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function Get-FolderSize{ | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Get the total size of a folder. | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Get the total size of a folder. | |
.PARAMETER Path | |
Path to target folder. | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Get-FolderSize .\Folder01 | |
Will get the total size of the folder Folder01. | |
.NOTES | |
Name: Get-FolderSize | |
Author: Øyvind Kallstad | |
Date: 11.02.2014 | |
Version: 1.1 | |
UpdateNotes: 13.02.2014 | |
Added SizeInBytes after input from Alan Seglen. | |
This column is hidden by default and can be used for size calculations. | |
#> | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
param( | |
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelinebyPropertyName = $true, Mandatory = $true, HelpMessage='Enter the path to the target folder')] | |
[ValidateScript({Test-Path $_})] | |
[string[]]$Path | |
) | |
PROCESS{ | |
foreach($filePath in $Path){ | |
try{ | |
# get the total size of the current path | |
$size = Get-ChildItem $filePath –Force –Recurse –ErrorAction 'Stop' | Measure-Object –Property 'Length' –Sum | |
# dynamically adjust the size format based on the size | |
switch($size.Sum){ | |
{$_ -gt 1KB} {$formatedSize = '{0:n2} KB' -f ($_ / 1KB)} | |
{$_ -gt 1MB} {$formatedSize = '{0:n2} MB' -f ($_ / 1MB)} | |
{$_ -gt 1GB} {$formatedSize = '{0:n2} GB' -f ($_ / 1GB)} | |
{$_ -gt 1TB} {$formatedSize = '{0:n2} TB' -f ($_ / 1TB)} | |
DEFAULT {$formatedSize = '{0} B' -f $_} | |
} | |
# create output object | |
$output = ([PSCustomObject] [Ordered] @{ | |
Name = $filePath | |
Count = $size.Count | |
Size = $formatedSize | |
SizeInBytes = $size.Sum | |
}) | |
# customize default display properties of the object | |
$defaultProperties = @('Name','Count','Size') | |
$defaultDisplayPropertySet = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSPropertySet('DefaultDisplayPropertySet',[string[]]$defaultProperties) | |
$PSStandardMembers = [System.Management.Automation.PSMemberInfo[]]@($defaultDisplayPropertySet) | |
$output | Add-Member –MemberType MemberSet –Name PSStandardMembers –Value $PSStandardMembers | |
# write output object to pipeline | |
Write-Output $output | |
# clean-up | |
Remove-Variable formatedSize, Size –ErrorAction 'SilentlyContinue' | |
} | |
catch{ | |
# handling exceptions | |
Write-Warning $_.Exception.Message | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} |