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Bryan Keadle
Bryan Keadle

Reputation: 13

powershell filesize total from a directory listing

I have created a directory list of files like this:

JPGS.LST:
"L:\_Testing\2016-05-20 20.22.53.jpg"
"L:\_Testing\2016-05-20 20.23.07.jpg"
"L:\_Testing\2016-05-20 20.23.12.jpg"
"L:\_Testing\2016-05-20 20.59.31.jpg"
"L:\_Testing\2016-05-20 21.19.25.jpg"
"L:\_Testing\2016-05-20 21.19.28.jpg"
"L:\_Testing\2016-05-20 21.49.09.jpg"
"L:\_Testing\2016-05-20 21.49.12.jpg"

From this list I want to get a total of all the file sizes - from the list.

I'm using this list to reduce these images. I want to run the script again to see total size of the same files after the reduction, so I have a before and after comparison. Other examples I see use a powershell directory listing...I need to be able to use the input file to determine total size of files in the directory listing.

I've tried:

$Files=Get-Content $Listfile
$totalSize = ($Files | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum Length).Sum

but that's not producing expected results. I'd like it to resolve to something like

$TotalSize=12.5 MB

Obi Wan....you're my only hope!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2158

Answers (3)

user6811411
user6811411

Reputation:

You will have to iterate the files contained in JPGS.LST:

$TotalSize = 0
ForEach ($File in Get-Content '.\JPGS.LST'){
    If (Test-Path $File.Trim('"')){$TotalSize+=(GI $File.Trim('"')).Length}else{"$File not found"}
}
"`$TotalSize={0:N2} MB" -f ($TotalSize/1MB)

Upvotes: 1

f6a4
f6a4

Reputation: 1782

Perhaps this is what you want:

ls -recurse | % { [long]($_.Length) } | Measure-Object -sum | % { $_.Sum }

Upvotes: 1

Ketanbhut
Ketanbhut

Reputation: 506

$files = Get-ChildItem $path -Recurse -File
$sum=($files | Measure-Object -Property length -Sum).sum

If you want a desired output with sum (MB, GB ..etc), check PowerShell display files size as KB, MB, or GB discussion with cool techniques.

Upvotes: 2

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