I am new to powershell scripting and i cant figure out why my script copies
all files and doesn't seem to check the date and then copies all the files
anyway. I was trying to do by days and minutes too, but I am not quite sure
on how to do that. any help would be great!
see my script below.
$RemotePath = "\\eb-pc\E$\testlocation\*.txt"
$LocalPath = "C:\testlocation"
$Max_days = "-1"
#Max_mins = "-5"
$Curr_date = get-date
#Checking date and then copying file from RemotePath to LocalPath
Foreach($file in (Get-ChildItem $RemotePath))
{
if($file.LastWriteTime -gt ($Curr_date).adddays($Max_days))
{
Copy-Item -Path $file.fullname -Destination $LocalPath
#Move-Item -Path $file.fullname -Destination $LocalPath
}
}
If you want to use Hours and minutes, instead of AddDays, just use the .AddMinutes(), .AddHours(), or .AddSeconds() methods instead.
For what it's worth, I made a small modifcation, adding an Else{Scriptblock} to the script to echo out the files which aren't being copied. As written your code will only copy files written in the last 24 hours.
$RemotePath = "t:\"
$LocalPath = "C:\temp"
$Max_days = "-1"
#Max_mins = "-5"
$Curr_date = get-date
#Checking date and then copying file from RemotePath to LocalPath
Foreach($file in (Get-ChildItem $RemotePath))
{
if($file.LastWriteTime -gt ($Curr_date).adddays($Max_days))
{
Copy-Item -Path $file.fullname -Destination $LocalPath -WhatIf
#Move-Item -Path $file.fullname -Destination $LocalPath
}
ELSE
{"not copying $file"
}
}
>What if: Performing the operation "Copy File" on target "Item: T:\file.htm Destination: C:\temp\file.ht
m".
not copying ListOfSacredVMs.txt
not copying newUser_01.png
not copying newUser_015.png
not copying newUser_02.png
not copying newUser_03.png
What if: Performing the operation "Copy File" on target "Item: T:\values.csv Destination: C:\temp\values.csv".
It has been a while since I did anything in PowerShell. However you may want to try to Echo out the values you are comparing to see what they are really returning.
Echo "LastWrite : " & $file.LastWriteTime
Echo "Copy After : " & ($Curr_date).adddays($Max_days)
This would help to determine what you are attempting to compare.
HopeThisHelps at least a little.
I need a command to use in a batch file, which copies the contents of a remote directory to a local directory over http.
For example to copy folder http ://path//folder to C:\folder
I need to do this without installing any additional tools.
Thanks in advance!
There's no standard way for an http server to list accessible directories.
For example I took http://unomoralez.com/content/files/catalog2/source/ as one of the common ways to list directory with http. Your site could look different though but there's no way for me tho know... (ther's a temp list2.txt file - you can remark its deletion to check the format of directory page and tell me if its not working. IF it is IIS could look like this: http://live.sysinternals.com/tools/)
the script downloads all content into .\download_dir (not recursive download) :
#if (#X)==(#Y) #end /****** jscript comment ******
#echo off
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::: compile the script ::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
setlocal
if exist simpledownloader.exe goto :skip_compilation
set "frm=%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\"
:: searching the latest installed .net framework
for /f "tokens=* delims=" %%v in ('dir /b /s /a:d /o:-n "%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v*"') do (
if exist "%%v\jsc.exe" (
rem :: the javascript.net compiler
set "jsc=%%~dpsnfxv\jsc.exe"
goto :break_loop
)
)
echo jsc.exe not found && exit /b 0
:break_loop
call %jsc% /nologo /out:"simpledownloader.exe" "%~dpsfnx0"
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::: end of compilation ::::
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:skip_compilation
:: download the file
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::::just change the link and the file::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:::
simpledownloader.exe "http://unomoralez.com/content/files/catalog2/source/" "list2.txt"
md download_dir >nul 2>&1
for /f "skip=1 tokens=4 delims=>< " %%a in ('type list2.txt^| find /i "href" ') do (
simpledownloader.exe "http://unomoralez.com/content/files/catalog2/source/%%a" .\download_dir\%%a
)
del /q /f list2.txt
exit /b 0
****** end of jscript comment ******/
import System;
var arguments:String[] = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
var webClient:System.Net.WebClient = new System.Net.WebClient();
print("Downloading " + arguments[1] + " to " + arguments[2]);
try {
webClient.DownloadFile(arguments[1], arguments[2]);
} catch (e) {
Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Red;
Console.WriteLine("\n\nProblem with downloading " + arguments[1] + " to " + arguments[2] + "Check if the internet address is valid");
Console.ResetColor();
Environment.Exit(5);
}
As you have powershell you also have .net so this code will be executed without problems for you.
This was more or less a code that I already had but you can also check this -> https://code.google.com/p/curlie/ if you are familiar with cURL and create a hybrid jscript/.bat file.
here's what I am trying to do.
I have a few hundred users My Documents folders in which most(not all) have a file(key.shk for shortkeys program).
I need to upgrade the software but doing so makes changes to the original file.
I would like to run a batch file on the server to find the files in each My Docs folder and make a copy of it there called backup.shk
I can then use this for roll back.
The folder structure looks like this
userA\mydocs
userB\mydocs
userC\mydocs
My tools are xcopy, robocopy or powershell
Thanks in advance
This powershell script works... save as .ps1
Function GET-SPLITFILENAME ($FullPathName) {
$PIECES=$FullPathName.split(“\”)
$NUMBEROFPIECES=$PIECES.Count
$FILENAME=$PIECES[$NumberOfPieces-1]
$DIRECTORYPATH=$FullPathName.Trim($FILENAME)
$baseName = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($_.fullname)
$FILENAME = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($_.fullname)
return $FILENAME, $DIRECTORYPATH
}
$Directory = "\\PSFS03\MyDocs$\Abbojo\Insight Software"
Get-ChildItem $Directory -Recurse | where{$_.extension -eq ".txt"} | % {
$details = GET-SPLITFILENAME($_.fullname)
$name = $details[0]
$path = $details[1]
copy $_.fullname $path$name"_backup".txt
}
I am not able to download e.g. Google Chrome via Internet Explorer.
I also have a R-script that I'm able to run on my local PC, but not on my EC2 windows instance. The R-script logs in to Google Trends and pulls out search terms.
Does anyone have an idea of what is going on here?
try to install chrome using power-shell. found working solution here.
https://superuser.com/a/1396175/904062
Open powershell and hit this command
$LocalTempDir = $env:TEMP; $ChromeInstaller = "ChromeInstaller.exe"; (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('http://dl.google.com/chrome/install/375.126/chrome_installer.exe', "$LocalTempDir\$ChromeInstaller"); & "$LocalTempDir\$ChromeInstaller" /silent /install; $Process2Monitor = "ChromeInstaller"; Do { $ProcessesFound = Get-Process | ?{$Process2Monitor -contains $_.Name} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name; If ($ProcessesFound) { "Still running: $($ProcessesFound -join ', ')" | Write-Host; Start-Sleep -Seconds 2 } else { rm "$LocalTempDir\$ChromeInstaller" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose } } Until (!$ProcessesFound)
How do I ask PowerShell where something is?
For instance, "which notepad" and it returns the directory where the notepad.exe is run from according to the current paths.
The very first alias I made once I started customizing my profile in PowerShell was 'which'.
New-Alias which get-command
To add this to your profile, type this:
"`nNew-Alias which get-command" | add-content $profile
The `n at the start of the last line is to ensure it will start as a new line.
Here is an actual *nix equivalent, i.e. it gives *nix-style output.
Get-Command <your command> | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Definition
Just replace with whatever you're looking for.
PS C:\> Get-Command notepad.exe | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Definition
C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
When you add it to your profile, you will want to use a function rather than an alias because you can't use aliases with pipes:
function which($name)
{
Get-Command $name | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Definition
}
Now, when you reload your profile you can do this:
PS C:\> which notepad
C:\Windows\system32\notepad.exe
I usually just type:
gcm notepad
or
gcm note*
gcm is the default alias for Get-Command.
On my system, gcm note* outputs:
[27] » gcm note*
CommandType Name Definition
----------- ---- ----------
Application notepad.exe C:\WINDOWS\notepad.exe
Application notepad.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe
Application Notepad2.exe C:\Utils\Notepad2.exe
Application Notepad2.ini C:\Utils\Notepad2.ini
You get the directory and the command that matches what you're looking for.
Try this example:
(Get-Command notepad.exe).Path
My proposition for the Which function:
function which($cmd) { get-command $cmd | % { $_.Path } }
PS C:\> which devcon
C:\local\code\bin\devcon.exe
A quick-and-dirty match to Unix which is
New-Alias which where.exe
But it returns multiple lines if they exist so then it becomes
function which {where.exe command | select -first 1}
I like Get-Command | Format-List, or shorter, using aliases for the two and only for powershell.exe:
gcm powershell | fl
You can find aliases like this:
alias -definition Format-List
Tab completion works with gcm.
To have tab list all options at once:
set-psreadlineoption -editmode emacs
This seems to do what you want (I found it on http://huddledmasses.org/powershell-find-path/):
Function Find-Path($Path, [switch]$All = $false, [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathType]$type = "Any")
## You could comment out the function stuff and use it as a script instead, with this line:
#param($Path, [switch]$All = $false, [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathType]$type = "Any")
if($(Test-Path $Path -Type $type)) {
return $path
} else {
[string[]]$paths = #($pwd);
$paths += "$pwd;$env:path".split(";")
$paths = Join-Path $paths $(Split-Path $Path -leaf) | ? { Test-Path $_ -Type $type }
if($paths.Length -gt 0) {
if($All) {
return $paths;
} else {
return $paths[0]
}
}
}
throw "Couldn't find a matching path of type $type"
}
Set-Alias find Find-Path
Check this PowerShell Which.
The code provided there suggests this:
($Env:Path).Split(";") | Get-ChildItem -filter notepad.exe
Try the where command on Windows 2003 or later (or Windows 2000/XP if you've installed a Resource Kit).
BTW, this received more answers in other questions:
Is there an equivalent of 'which' on Windows?
PowerShell equivalent to Unix which command?
If you want a comamnd that both accepts input from pipeline or as paramater, you should try this:
function which($name) {
if ($name) { $input = $name }
Get-Command $input | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Path
}
copy-paste the command to your profile (notepad $profile).
Examples:
❯ echo clang.exe | which
C:\Program Files\LLVM\bin\clang.exe
❯ which clang.exe
C:\Program Files\LLVM\bin\clang.exe
I have this which advanced function in my PowerShell profile:
function which {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Identifies the source of a PowerShell command.
.DESCRIPTION
Identifies the source of a PowerShell command. External commands (Applications) are identified by the path to the executable
(which must be in the system PATH); cmdlets and functions are identified as such and the name of the module they are defined in
provided; aliases are expanded and the source of the alias definition is returned.
.INPUTS
No inputs; you cannot pipe data to this function.
.OUTPUTS
.PARAMETER Name
The name of the command to be identified.
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\Users\Smith\Documents> which Get-Command
Get-Command: Cmdlet in module Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
(Identifies type and source of command)
.EXAMPLE
PS C:\Users\Smith\Documents> which notepad
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\notepad.exe
(Indicates the full path of the executable)
#>
param(
[String]$name
)
$cmd = Get-Command $name
$redirect = $null
switch ($cmd.CommandType) {
"Alias" { "{0}: Alias for ({1})" -f $cmd.Name, (. { which $cmd.Definition } ) }
"Application" { $cmd.Source }
"Cmdlet" { "{0}: {1} {2}" -f $cmd.Name, $cmd.CommandType, (. { if ($cmd.Source.Length) { "in module {0}" -f $cmd.Source} else { "from unspecified source" } } ) }
"Function" { "{0}: {1} {2}" -f $cmd.Name, $cmd.CommandType, (. { if ($cmd.Source.Length) { "in module {0}" -f $cmd.Source} else { "from unspecified source" } } ) }
"Workflow" { "{0}: {1} {2}" -f $cmd.Name, $cmd.CommandType, (. { if ($cmd.Source.Length) { "in module {0}" -f $cmd.Source} else { "from unspecified source" } } ) }
"ExternalScript" { $cmd.Source }
default { $cmd }
}
}
Use:
function Which([string] $cmd) {
$path = (($Env:Path).Split(";") | Select -uniq | Where { $_.Length } | Where { Test-Path $_ } | Get-ChildItem -filter $cmd).FullName
if ($path) { $path.ToString() }
}
# Check if Chocolatey is installed
if (Which('cinst.bat')) {
Write-Host "yes"
} else {
Write-Host "no"
}
Or this version, calling the original where command.
This version also works better, because it is not limited to bat files:
function which([string] $cmd) {
$where = iex $(Join-Path $env:SystemRoot "System32\where.exe $cmd 2>&1")
$first = $($where -split '[\r\n]')
if ($first.getType().BaseType.Name -eq 'Array') {
$first = $first[0]
}
if (Test-Path $first) {
$first
}
}
# Check if Curl is installed
if (which('curl')) {
echo 'yes'
} else {
echo 'no'
}
You can install the which command from https://goprogram.co.uk/software/commands, along with all of the other UNIX commands.
If you have scoop you can install a direct clone of which:
scoop install which
which notepad
There also always the option of using which. there are actually three ways to access which from Windows powershell, the first (not necessarily the best) wsl -e which command (this requires installation of windows subsystem for Linux and a running distro). B. gnuwin32 which is a port of several gnu binaries in .exe format as standle alone bundled lanunchers option three, install msys2 (cross compiler platform) if you go where it installed in /usr/bin you'll find many many gnu utils that are more up-to-date. most of them work as stand alone exe and can be copied from the bin folder to your home drive somewhere amd added to your PATH.
There also always the option of using which. there are actually three ways to access which from Windows powershell
The first, (though not the best) is wsl(windows subsystem for linux)
wsl -e which command
This requires installation of windows subsystem for Linux and a running distro.
Next is gnuwin32 which is a port of several gnu binaries in .exe format as standle alone bundled lanunchers
Third, install msys2 (cross compiler platform) if you go where it installed in /usr/bin you'll find many many gnu utils that are more up-to-date. most of them work as stand alone exe and can be copied from the bin folder to your home drive somewhere amd added to your PATH.