CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershellnetwork-programmingcmddirectorywindows-server-2016
newbie
newbie

Reputation: 1

Count all files in folder and subfolder + folders that says 0 files

I'm trying to run a Powershell command or CMD command, that count all files in 1 folder and its subfolder. I got a script that count all files, but it does not find hidden files. The problem I found was in my network share there was a folder that said 0 files, but when I go into the folder there are a lot of files in there.

Is there a way to get those files into the count?

I have tried a few Powershell command and CMD commands.

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File | Measure-Object | %{$_.Count}

I can only get it to count files Windows can see, if a folder says 0 files but there are files in there, it does not count it.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 800

Answers (1)

Richard Siddaway
Richard Siddaway

Reputation: 451

Use the force

PS> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\test | Measure-Object | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Count
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PS> Get-ChildItem -Path c:\test  -Force | Measure-Object | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Count
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The -Force parameter on Get-ChildItem will force inclusion of hidden files

Upvotes: 1

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