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Get file type counts with PowerShell


You can use a PowerShell script to get a list of all of the files of particular type in a directory by using the -Include command. In this example, we use the get-childitem command, followed by the path with the source files, followed by the command to include only certain types of files.

get-childitem C:\FooFolder\excels\ -Include *.xls -Recurse

The -Recurse setting causes the script to account for files in subfolders.

If we run a script to set the result to equal a particular value:

$a = get-childitem C:\FooFolder\excels\ -Include *.xls -Recurse

We can use this to generate a count of the number of files that the script finds:

$a.Count


Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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