Hi - Powershell newbie here!

I need to do something simple, but I just can't get it right in Powershell.

i need to read in the date from a file and compare it to todays date. Simple. Only thing is i want to compare just the date - ie not the time.

Currently i have something like the following:



$variable = get-date -format(dd/MM/yyyy)
$var = dir c:\anyfolder\anyfile.txt |where-object {$_.lastwritetime |select lastwritetime}

but it won't give me what i want. Haven't done the comparison here!
i just need the date in dd/MM/YYYY format as variables from a file and from the machine date.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thnx


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Hello Neil,

> Hi - Powershell newbie here!
>
> I need to do something simple, but I just can't get it right in
> Powershell.
>
> i need to read in the date from a file and compare it to todays date.
> Simple. Only thing is i want to compare just the date - ie not the
> time.
>
> Currently i have something like the following:
>
> $variable = get-date -format(dd/MM/yyyy)
> $var = dir c:\anyfolder\anyfile.txt |where-object {$_.lastwritetime
> |select lastwritetime}
> but it won't give me what i want. Haven't done the comparison here! i
> just need the date in dd/MM/YYYY format as variables from a file and
> from the machine date.
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Thnx
>
> Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice
>
> Object-Relational Mapping as a Persistence Strategy
>
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...0-4748-b42d-02
> 7f7a228063/objectrelational-mapping.aspx
>

I am not sure exactly what you are looking for, but try this:

$variable = (get-date).ToShortDateString()
$var = ls *.txt | Where-Object {$_.lastwritetime.ToShortDateString() -eq
$variable}

If that works, you can change it to:

$var = ls *.txt | Where-Object {$_.lastwritetime.ToShortDateString() -eq
(get-date).ToShortDateString()}

Karl
http://unlockpowershell.wordpress.com/