CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershell
user1306800
user1306800

Reputation: 21

Compare two folders mathematically using powershell

I am trying to compare two folders in powershell and have the answer be either true or false. Is there anyway to make this happen? Right now I have:

Compare-Object -referenceobject $d1 -differenceobject $d2 -includeequal

But this shows me for every item.

My end game is to have one of the folder names change if they are equal (True) (to mark one OLD).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 343

Answers (1)

Shay Levy
Shay Levy

Reputation: 126722

You can negate the result and get a Boolean value. True if the objects are equal and False if they are not:

PS> $isEqual = compare (1..3) (1..3)
PS>  !$isEqual # change one of the folder names
True

PS> $isEqual = compare (1..3) (2..3)
PS>  !$isEqual
False

Upvotes: 3

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