Re: fastest way to do a recursive file count like explorer

(dir -n -r | where {!$_.PSIsContainer}).length


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Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
blog: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic



F> Hi,
F>
F> I have a need to do a recursive file count on a directory that may
F> have a
F> number of subdirs up to 86,400. In the subdirs, I have over 2
F> million files.
F> When I do a "properties" to a directory in the explorer, the results
F> appear
F> in about 2 minutes. When I do a (dir -r | where ($_.mode -notmatch
F> "d")).length, it ran for about 5 minutes before I did a ctrl-c. Is
F> there anyway in Powershell to mimic the speed of explorer? I need
F> this to run in script.
F>
F> Thanks in advance,
F>

Actually, it works faster without -n.




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Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
blog: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic



SL> (dir -n -r | where {!$_.PSIsContainer}).length
SL>
SL> ---
SL> Shay Levy
SL> Windows PowerShell MVP
SL> blog: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic
F>> Hi,
F>>
F>> I have a need to do a recursive file count on a directory that may
F>> have a
F>> number of subdirs up to 86,400. In the subdirs, I have over 2
F>> million files.
F>> When I do a "properties" to a directory in the explorer, the results
F>> appear
F>> in about 2 minutes. When I do a (dir -r | where ($_.mode -notmatch
F>> "d")).length, it ran for about 5 minutes before I did a ctrl-c. Is
F>> there anyway in Powershell to mimic the speed of explorer? I need
F>> this to run in script.
F>> Thanks in advance,
F>>