CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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AutoTester213

Reputation: 2871

If statement - how to check if a path contains a file

I just started playing around with powershell so execuse my newbie mistakes. I am searching for a file and I'm storing the path of the file in a variable, then I want to check if in that path there are specific files and then delete them. I cant find much help on this stuff, I think there is a problem in the if statement but I cant figure it out.

Here's the code:

$startDirectory = ".\somepath\"
$FindFileXml = Get-Childitem $startDirectory 

$StorePaths = Get-Childitem $FindFileXml -include "file.xml" -recurse 
if($StorePaths -eq "somefile.cs" -and "diffrentfile.cs")
{
    Remove-Item "somefile.cs"
    Remove-Item "diffrentfile.cs"
}
else{
Write-host "file not found!"
}

UPDATE:

$StorePaths = Get-Childitem $FindFilterXml-Filter "file.xml" -recurse

$StorePaths | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Directory 
| Get-ChildItem | 

Where-Object {($_.Name -eq 'GeneratedCode.cs') -or ($_.Name -eq 'TypedEnums.cs')} 

| Remove-Item

will this store the path of File.xml in $StorePaths ? if so how can i copy it e.g Copy-Item $StorePath.name .\somepath?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 237

Answers (1)

Martin Brandl
Martin Brandl

Reputation: 59031

You don't need a if statement here. Just filter your result for the files you want to delete and pipe them to the Remove-Item cmdlet:

$StorePaths | 
    Where-Object {($_.Name -eq 'somefile.cs') -or ($_.Name -eq 'diffrentfile.cs')} |
    Remove-Item

Update: This example only deletes the files in the directory where a file.xml is present:

Get-Childitem $FindFileXml -Filter "file.xml" -recurse | 
    Select-Object -ExpandProperty Directory |
    Get-ChildItem |
    Where-Object {($_.Name -eq 'somefile.cs') -or ($_.Name -eq 'diffrentfile.cs')} |
    Remove-Item

Upvotes: 4

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