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<\/a><\/p>\nSimplify things by using a PS Drive<\/h2>\n
Because the folder layout is so structured, it is easy to find items on a year-by-year basis. For example, I can create a custom PS Drive that is rooted in 2012, and my commands are vastly simplified. The first thing I do is store the current location on the stack by using pushd<\/b> (alias for Push-Location)<\/b>. Next, I create a new Windows PowerShell drive that is rooted in the 2012 folder. This will simplify my command line and make it easier to work. Now I change to that location (sl<\/b> is an alias for Set-Location<\/b>) and finally I use dir<\/b> (an alias for Get-ChildItem<\/b>) to find all of the .jpg, .png and .bmp types of files. To count them all, I use the Measure-Object<\/b> cmdlet (measure<\/b> is an alias). The commands is shown here.<\/p>\n
pushd<\/p>\n
New-PSDrive -Root C:\\data\\ScriptingGuys\\2012 -PSProvider filesystem -Name hsg<\/p>\n
sl hsg:<\/p>\n
dir -Recurse -include *png,*jpg,*bmp | measure<\/p>\n
The commands and the output associated with the commands are shown here.<\/p>\n
If there are 738 images, how many documents have there been this year? A quick change of the Include<\/b> <\/i>parameter to *doc<\/b> and *docx<\/b> finds that there have been nearly 300 documents this year.<\/p>\n PS hsg:\\> dir -Recurse -include *doc,*docx | measure<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Count : 296<\/p>\n Average :<\/p>\n Sum :<\/p>\n Maximum :<\/p>\n Minimum :<\/p>\n Property : <\/p>\n Wow! 296 articles have been created. But how many days have there been so far this year? Well, that information is always available from the Get-Date<\/b> cmdlet, as shown here.<\/p>\n PS hsg:\\> (Get-Date).DayOfYear<\/p>\n 209<\/p>\n The difference between the number of Word documents and the number of days is that on many occasions, the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog publishes more than once a day. For example, during the Scripting Games and during TechEd this year, it was not uncommon to have four or even five postings a day. What is interesting is that I am running an average of 2.5 images per blog this calendar year.<\/p>\n To find images that I created during the time range of July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, I need to search multiple folders. This is because I organized my folders by calendar year, not by fiscal year. Therefore, I need to back up a bit in the folder structure. For me, I will back up to the root of the ScriptingGuys folder and begin my search there. The command is a one-liner, and at first I let it run and display all of the images so I can confirm that the command works properly. I decide to sort the results to make it obvious (otherwise the dates begin with October and go sideways in chronology). The trick is to use the compound Where-Object<\/b> (where<\/b> is an alias), and the greater than (-gt<\/b>) and less than or equal (-le<\/b>) operators to provide only the dates desired. Here is the basic command.<\/p>\n dir -path C:\\data\\ScriptingGuys -Recurse -include *.png,*.jpg,*.bmp |<\/p>\n where {$_.LastWriteTime -gt [datetime]”7\/1\/11″ -AND $_.lastwritetime -le [datetime]”6\/30\/12″} | <\/p>\n sort lastwritetime<\/p>\n The command and the associated output are shown here.<\/p>\n To count the number of images during the past fiscal year, all that I need to do is add the Measure-Object<\/b> cmdlet. I do not need the Sort-Object<\/b> cmdlet, so I remove it from the command. The revised command and associated output are shown here.<\/p>\n PS C:\\> dir -path C:\\data\\ScriptingGuys -Recurse -include *.png,*.jpg,*.bmp |<\/p>\n where {$_.LastWriteTime -gt [datetime]”7\/1\/11″ -AND $_.lastwritetime -le [datetime]”6\/30\/12″} | <\/p>\n Measure-Object<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Count : 1228<\/p>\n Average :<\/p>\n Sum :<\/p>\n Maximum :<\/p>\n Minimum :<\/p>\n Property :<\/p>\n Playing with Files Week will continue tomorrow.<\/p>\n I invite you to follow me on Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>. If you have any questions, send email to me at scripter@microsoft.com<\/a>, or post your questions on the Official Scripting Guys Forum<\/a>. See you tomorrow. Until then, peace.<\/p>\n Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy<\/b> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to help locate pictures or images on the hard drive. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. 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