CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershell
hans
hans

Reputation: 41

How to get the directory location for file recently modified

Suppose we have two directories C:\username\test1 & C:\username\test2. Both directories contain same file script.ps1. Now with powershell script I want to search the file script.ps1 in both directories & want the complete file location of file which is latest modified/created.

I was using below command but it did not give the desired output

Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\username" script.ps1 -Recurse  | Where-object {!$_.psIsContainer -eq $true} | ForEach-Object -Process {$_.FullName} | select -last 1

Upvotes: 1

Views: 97

Answers (2)

boxdog
boxdog

Reputation: 8432

This will list all versions of the file found, from newest to oldest:

Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\UserName" `
              -File `
              -Recurse `
              -Include "Script.ps1" |
    Sort-Object LastWriteTime -Descending |
        Format-Table LastWriteTime, FullName -AutoSize

If you only want the most recent one, then replace the Format-Table line with:

Select-Object -First 1

Upvotes: 0

Abhishek Keshri
Abhishek Keshri

Reputation: 3234

For a given directory you can use

 Get-ChildItem C:\dir1\dir2 -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where {!$_.PsIsContainer}|select Name,DirctoryName, LastWriteTime |Sort LastWriteTime -descending | select -first 1   Name DirctoryName LastWriteTime

And if you want it to run for multiple directories, you will have to run a loop on each directory:

Get-ChildItem C:\dir\* | Where {$_.PsIsContainer} | foreach-object { Get-ChildItem $_ -Recurse -ErrorAction Sile   ntlyContinue | Where {!$_.PsIsContainer} | Select Name,DirectoryName, LastWriteTime, Mode | Sort LastWriteTime -descend   ing | select -first 1}

It will list files which are last modified for each directories.

Edit: Search for a file You can use following command to search for a file recursively if it is there in multiple directories:

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Myfolder -Filter file.whatever -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Force

Upvotes: 1

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