Vista - powershell equivalent of "DIR \\server\path /A:D /S /B"

How can I do something like this within powershell.
this is basically a directory listing showing only directories and is
recursive. the /B makes it show only the direcotry paths, not any of the
other directory information.

Thanks!

Its long, but powerful.

ls \\server\path -rec | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | select FullName

May I ask what you want this info for? Perhaps I can help with the end goal
if this is not it.

Brandon Shell
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Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject

BC> How can I do something like this within powershell.
BC> this is basically a directory listing showing only directories and
BC> is
BC> recursive. the /B makes it show only the direcotry paths, not any of
BC> the
BC> other directory information.
BC> Thanks!
BC>

Thanks! that's awesome it's exactly what i'm looking for.

Basically, I need to recursively check some network shares, then see if they
contain folders with certain names (specifically, we have some weird
corruption issues where files turn into folders, so i need to check if each
of these containers have specific file extentions). I was using 'test-path',
but was using a wildcard and therefore it's checking EVERY folder and taking
a long time. I think getting a folder listing then checking the output of
the GCI would make it run much faster. Basically what i need to do is:

$count = 0
foreach ($user in $list) {
$gci = GCI $homeroot\$user -rec | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | select FullName
#not real code below
if ($gci contains ".xls" or ".doc") {
#resume real code
add-content $output $user
$count = $count + 1
}
}

care to enlighten me on exactly how i could write that 'if' statement?

"Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:

if (($gci -contains ".xls") -or ($gci -contains ".doc"))

Brandon Shell
---------------
Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject

BC> Thanks! that's awesome it's exactly what i'm looking for.
BC>
BC> Basically, I need to recursively check some network shares, then see
BC> if they contain folders with certain names (specifically, we have
BC> some weird corruption issues where files turn into folders, so i
BC> need to check if each of these containers have specific file
BC> extentions). I was using 'test-path', but was using a wildcard and
BC> therefore it's checking EVERY folder and taking a long time. I
BC> think getting a folder listing then checking the output of the GCI
BC> would make it run much faster. Basically what i need to do is:
BC>
BC> $count = 0
BC> foreach ($user in $list) {
BC> $gci = GCI $homeroot\$user -rec | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | select
BC> FullName
BC> #not real code below
BC> if ($gci contains ".xls" or ".doc") {
BC> #resume real code
BC> add-content $output $user
BC> $count = $count + 1
BC> }
BC> }
BC> care to enlighten me on exactly how i could write that 'if'
BC> statement?
BC>
BC> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:
BC>

Perhaps a better way

GCI $homeroot\$user -rec | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | ?{$_.Name -match "\.xls|\.doc"}


Brandon Shell
---------------
Blog: http://www.bsonposh.com/
PSH Scripts Project: www.codeplex.com/psobject

BC> Thanks! that's awesome it's exactly what i'm looking for.
BC>
BC> Basically, I need to recursively check some network shares, then see
BC> if they contain folders with certain names (specifically, we have
BC> some weird corruption issues where files turn into folders, so i
BC> need to check if each of these containers have specific file
BC> extentions). I was using 'test-path', but was using a wildcard and
BC> therefore it's checking EVERY folder and taking a long time. I
BC> think getting a folder listing then checking the output of the GCI
BC> would make it run much faster. Basically what i need to do is:
BC>
BC> $count = 0
BC> foreach ($user in $list) {
BC> $gci = GCI $homeroot\$user -rec | ?{$_.PSIsContainer} | select
BC> FullName
BC> #not real code below
BC> if ($gci contains ".xls" or ".doc") {
BC> #resume real code
BC> add-content $output $user
BC> $count = $count + 1
BC> }
BC> }
BC> care to enlighten me on exactly how i could write that 'if'
BC> statement?
BC>
BC> "Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:
BC>

1st - Thanks for all your fast responses!

it sort of works, but i think now there's something else wrong with my
script, as it's only getting a match on the first user of my 'test'
environment, when it should be finding stuff for other 'users' too...here's
the relevant portion of my code...

the deal with the $initial is that it's part of our folder structure -
$home\$initial\$user

foreach ($initial in $initials) {
$output = "$workingdir\corrupt_users_$initial.csv"
if (test-path $output) { remove-item $output }
add-content $output "Name, Number of corrupt files"
$csv = import-csv $workingdir\recent_users\$initial.csv
$namelist = $csv | foreach-object {$_.name}
foreach ($name in $namelist) {
write-host "scanning $homedir\$initial\$name\"
$currenttime = get-date -displayhint time
write-host $currenttime

# ============================ scanning for folders with file
extentions ====================================
$usercorrupt = get-Childitem $homedir\$initial\$name -rec |
?{$_.PSIsContainer} | ?{$_.name -match "\.xls|\.doc|\.ppt|\.pdf"}
$usercorruptcount = $usercorrupt.count
if ($usercorruptcount -gt 0) {
add-content $output "$name, $usercorruptcount"
$totalcount = $totalcount + $usercorruptcount
write-host "$name is corrupt"

}

"Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:

OK...so I figured out the problem...

for my 'test' infrastructure, only one of the 'test' users has more than 1
match for the $usercorrupt = get-Childitem $homedir\$initial\$name -rec |
?{$_.PSIsContainer} | ?{$_.name -match "\.xls|\.doc|\.ppt|\.pdf"}

when the $usercorrupt only has 1 match, for some reason powershell does not
give any output for $usercorrupt.count (which theoretically should return a
'1' if there's 1 match)
as a matter of fact, when i type $usercorrupt. and hit tab, count is no
longer one of the options when the count is 1. I don't think i'll run into
this issue when running the script in production, because anyone impacted
will have many more than 1 corrupt file...but i'd still like to know how to
fix it

Thanks!

"Ben Christian" wrote:

Try casting $usercorrupt the value as an array.
$usercorrupt = @(get-Childitem $homedir\$initial\$name -rec |
?{$_.PSIsContainer} | ?{$_.name -match \.xls|\.doc|\.ppt|\.pdf"})

The problem is that when you only get one back it treats as a
System.IO.DirectoryInfo which does not have a count or length property. If
you have more than one then you get an array of System.IO.DirectoryInfo
which does have a count or length. By casting to an array you will always
have a count.


"Ben Christian" <BenChristian@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C92AA26B-B050-421D-90B0-A645DFB1BF74@xxxxxx

Awesome! Thank you thank you thank you

"Brandon Shell [MVP]" wrote:

To ensure a count of items when the amount of items returned is uknown is best to enclose the statement in an array subexpression @().
[IO.DirectoryInfo] has an Extension property. PowerShell allows more than one condition in a conditional statement.

# try this:
$usercorrupt = @(get-Childitem $homedir\$initial\$name -rec |
? {$_.PSIsContainer -and $_.extension -match "xls|doc|ppt|pdf"})
$usercorruptcount = $usercorrupt.count
if ($usercorruptcount) {
add-content $output "$name, $usercorruptcount"
$totalcount += $usercorruptcount
write-host "$name is corrupt"
}

# or, if $usercorrupt is mot used furher, try this:
$usercorruptcount = @(get-Childitem $homedir\$initial\$name -rec |
? {$_.PSIsContainer -and $_.extension -match "xls|doc|ppt|pdf"}).count
if ($usercorruptcount) {
add-content $output "$name, $usercorruptcount"
$totalcount += $usercorruptcount
write-host "$name is corrupt"
}

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Kiron