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Mikhail R
Mikhail R

Reputation: 411

Remove-Item cmdlet causes "Cannot find path" while process of removal of .exe files in local folder

I have script that selects .exe files with the specified name from the local folder and removes all files, except first.

$P variable is defined in param.

$P ="$($env:USERPROFILE)\Desktop\I"

Then I got this error

$C = Get-ChildItem $P -Filter *.exe| Where-Object Name -Like '*r_2-2*' |  Sort-Object Name -Descending | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name -Skip 1 | Remove-Item

Remove-Item : Cannot find path 'D:\FM\r_2-2.exe' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:251
 + ... Descending | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name -Skip 1 | Remove-Item

I know about foreach loop but want to use For-EachObject cmdlet instead.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1415

Answers (2)

Vivek Kumar Singh
Vivek Kumar Singh

Reputation: 3350

You can make the use of FullName parameter directly in your statement. Try this - 

$C = Get-ChildItem $P -Filter *.exe| Where-Object Name -Like '*r_2-2*' |  Sort-Object Name -Descending | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName -Skip 1
$c | ForEach-Object {Remove-Item -Path $_}

Use -Force parameter if you want to delete the hidden files too.

Upvotes: 1

tukan
tukan

Reputation: 17347

You were quite close, if you want to use ForEach-Object:

Get-ChildItem $P -Filter *.exe | Where-Object Name -Like '*r_2-2*' |  Select-Object -Skip 1 | ForEach-Object { remove-item $_.FullName -force }

To skip one first found result just Select-Object -Skip 1 is enough.

Remove-Item -Force also removes hidden and read-only files.

Upvotes: 1

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