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schnipdip
schnipdip

Reputation: 151

Array output to multiple lines

Get-ChildItem "$Folder" *.xlsx -Recurse | ?{-not ($_.PSIsContainer -or (Test-Path "I:\TEMP_Dir_SSN\$_"))} | copy-Item -Destination "I:TEMP_Dir_SSN" | out-null

Get-ChildItem "$Folder" *.xlsx -Recurse | %{
        $test = Resolve-Path $_.FullName 
        $holdArray += $test.path

}
    $holdArray | out-file "I:\TEMP_Dir_SSN\fullPath.txt" -append

The output:

I:\1992.xlsxI:\projects\confluence\projects\documents\XXXX_ComplianceRegulations.xlsxI:\projects\confluence\projects\documents\XXXX_vendorCloudStandardsPoliciesRegs.xlsx

I want it:

I:\1992.xlsx 

I:\projects\confluence\projects\documents\XXXX_ComplianceRegulations.xlsx 

I:\projects\confluence\projects\documents\XXXX_vendorCloudStandardsPoliciesRegs.xlsx

I'm not sure what is going wrong here. It should be adding it to the next line down, not appending it to the end of the string.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3590

Answers (2)

Matt
Matt

Reputation: 46700

You are flattening the "array" to a space delimited string since you have not declared $holdArray initially. Skip the array "build" logic and use the pipeline to get the results you want. 

Get-ChildItem $Folder *.xlsx -Recurse | 
    Resolve-Path | Convert-Path | 
    Add-Content "I:\TEMP_Dir_SSN\fullPath.txt"

Add-Content appends by default.

Upvotes: 1

G42
G42

Reputation: 10019

Change $holdArray += $test.path to [array]$holdArray += $test.path

You have not told PowerShell this is an array so it is treating it as a string.

Upvotes: 2

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