Powershell get infos about files and try to Export them - excel

I try do write a script where i can choose a folder and powershell shows me the Name, Size,.... of all the files in that folder. After that powershell should export the Informations in a Excel Table.
But im stuck and dont know what to do :C
Here is my code that i tried to build
Function Get-Folder($initialDirectory)
{
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.windows.forms")|Out-Null
$foldername = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog
$foldername.Description = "Select a folder"
$foldername.rootfolder = "MyComputer"
if($foldername.ShowDialog() -eq "OK")
{
$folder += $foldername.SelectedPath
}
return $folder
}
$a = Get-Folder
$folder = $a
Get-ChildItem -Path $folder | SELECT Name, #{Name="Size In KB";Expression={$_.Length / 1Kb}}, Attributes, LastaccessTime, #{n='Owner';e={(get-acl $_.Fullname).Owner}}| Format-Table -AutoSize
Export-Csv "C:\Users\DZimmermann\Desktop\Test.csv" -Delimiter ";" -Append

As commented, using Format-Table -AutoSize simply outputs the info in a table format to console. It returns nothing, so there is nothing to write in the csv file..
Doing like this will create the CSV file and writes the info in there:
Get-ChildItem -Path $folder |
Select-Object Name,
#{Name="Size In KB";Expression={$_.Length / 1Kb}},
Attributes, LastaccessTime,
#{n='Owner';e={(get-acl $_.Fullname).Owner}} |
Export-Csv "C:\Users\DZimmermann\Desktop\Test.csv" -Delimiter ";"
This will not get you the info on screen. If you also want that, capture the result in a variable first:
$result = Get-ChildItem -Path $folder |
Select-Object Name,
#{Name="Size In KB";Expression={$_.Length / 1Kb}},
Attributes, LastaccessTime,
#{n='Owner';e={(get-acl $_.Fullname).Owner}}
#output on screen
$result | Format-Table -AutoSize
# write the CSV file:
$result | Export-Csv "C:\Users\DZimmermann\Desktop\Test.csv" -Delimiter ";"
P.S. judging by the title of this question, I think you only want info about Files, not Directories..
If that is the case, add -File switch to the Get-ChildItem cmdlet (for PS 3 and up). For PS versions below 3 use
Get-ChildItem -Path $folder | Where-Object { !$_.PSIsContainer }

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cd "Directory"
Get-ChildItem -force | Select-Object Mode, Name, CreationTime, LastAccessTime, LastWriteTime | ft
$modifyfiles = Get-ChildItem -force | Where-Object {! $\_.PSIsContainer}
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{
$object.CreationTime=("1/3/2023 12:00:00")
$object.LastAccessTime=("1/3/2023 12:01:00")
$object.LastWritetime=("1/3/2023 12:02:00")
}
My question is how do I run this so I don't have to cd to each new directory every time. I have quite a few files in different folders that all need editing. I have the list of paths I need changed and I was hoping there would be a way to "pass" those paths in or somehow run this script in a loop.
Assuming your list of folders looks like this and can be placed in a seperate text file:
C:\folderpath\folder1
C:\folderpath\folder2
C:\folderpath\folder3
Then you could just do something like this:
get-content -Path "C:\folderpath\FileContainingFolderPaths.txt" | ForEach-Object {
$folderpath = $_
Get-ChildItem -Path $folderpath -force | Select-Object Mode, Name, CreationTime, LastAccessTime, LastWriteTime | ft
$modifyfiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $folderpath -force | Where-Object {! $\_.PSIsContainer}
foreach($object in $modifyfiles)
{
$object.CreationTime=("1/3/2023 12:00:00")
$object.LastAccessTime=("1/3/2023 12:01:00")
$object.LastWritetime=("1/3/2023 12:02:00")
}
}
Also I'm gonna have to question you on the $\_.PSIsContainer, is that a mistake? I would think it should be $_.PSIsContainer instead?

Searching contents of text files on remote computers and exporting to excel file using powershell and export-excel

I'm trying to search the contents of text files on remote computers from computers.txt which includes
Pc1
Pc2
Pc3
Pc4
And export it using export-excel PowerShell module
using this code:
$directory = $PSScriptRoot
$computers = Get-Content -Path $directory\computers.txt
$searchwords = 'word1','word2','word3'
Foreach ($computer in $computers) {
$path = "\\$computer\C$\test\logs"
Foreach ($sw in $searchwords) {
$excel = Get-Childitem -path $path -recurse -Include "*.txt" |
Select-string -pattern "$sw" |
Select-object pattern, linenumber, line, path |
Export-excel $file -autosize -startrow 1 -tablename pattern -worksheetname "errors" -passthru
$ws = $excel.workbook.worksheets['errors']
$excel.save()
}
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Thanks in advance
Adding the -append switch on export-excel will get this working.
It was added as part of the release on 10/30/2017 - https://github.com/dfinke/ImportExcel#whats-new-in-release-52

How can I copy a column value from excel to csv file without using ComObject

I'm new to Power shell. I have a number of excel files (500+) having a column Animal Count that I would like to save in a new '.csv' file. I have a code to do this using excel Com Objects.
I want to achieve the same without using ComObjects. Could anyone help me in achieving this.
Download PSExcel module from
https://github.com/RamblingCookieMonster/PSExcel
Import it using Import-Module.
then use the following code:
$AnimalCount = #()
$Source = 'D:\Test' # the path to where the Excel files are
ForEach ($File in Get-ChildItem -Path $Source -Filter '*.xlsx' -File) {
$Excel = New-Excel -Path $File
$Cell = ($Excel | Get-WorkSheet | % {$_.Cells | ? {$_.Text -eq "AnimalCount"}})
$count = (($Excel | Get-WorkSheet -Name $Cell.Worksheet).Cells | ? {($_.Start.Row -eq $Cell.Start.Row) -and ($_.Start.Column -eq $Cell.Start.Column + 1)}).Text
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}
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add colum to merged csv file

Ok heres what I have code wise:
$a = "C:\Users\some.deranged.character\Desktop\SomeAwfulPlace\Checklists\C_F\*.csv"
$b = "C:\Users\some.deranged.character\Desktop\SomeAwfulPlace\Checklists\C_F\merge.csv"
(get-content $a) | set-content $b
This pulls all the data of all the files into one merged file, but I need one additional item, I need to pull the name of the individual files and append it to the first column of the file for multiple files, several hundred at a time.
Not tested but something like this should do it:
$a = "C:\Users\some.deranged.character\Desktop\SomeAwfulPlace\Checklists\C_F\*.csv"
$b = "C:\Users\some.deranged.character\Desktop\SomeAwfulPlace\Checklists\C_F\merge.csv"
Get-ChildItem $a | % {
Import-Csv $_.Fullname | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name 'File Name' -Value $_.Name
} | Export-Csv $b
Assuming the CSV files each have the same column headings, I would lean toward using Import-CSV instead of Get-Content so that you can work with the CSV contents as arrays of objects with named properties.
Then all you need to do is iterate through each item of the array and append a property containing the file path, which you can do using the Add-Member cmdlet. Once that's done, export the array of objects using the Export-CSV cmdlet.
$directory = "C:\Users\some.deranged.character\Desktop\SomeAwfulPlace\Checklists\C_F\"
$search = $directory + "*.csv"
$exportpath = "C:\Users\some.deranged.character\Desktop\SomeAwfulPlace\Checklists\C_F\merge.csv"
$paths = get-childitem $search
$objectArrays = #()
$paths | %{
$filepath = $_.fullname;
$objectArray = Import-CSV $filepath;
$objectArray | %{
Add-Member -inputobject $_ -Name "SourceFile" -Value $filepath -MemberType NoteProperty};
$objectArrays += $objectArray}
$objectArrays | export-csv -path $exportpath -notype
This puts the SourceFile property as the last column in the outputted CSV file
Ok, simplification... Search target folder, pipe to a ForEach-Object loop (shorthand % used), capture the file name as variable, import the CSV, add the sourcefile using the Select-Object cmdlet, convert it back to a CSV, end loop, pipe to destination file.
$a = "C:\Users\some.deranged.character\Desktop\SomeAwfulPlace\Checklists\C_F\*.csv"
$b = "C:\Users\some.deranged.character\Desktop\SomeAwfulPlace\Checklists\C_F\merge.csv"
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Renaming many folders in PowerShell

I have over 1000+ files that have to be renamed.
The first set folder and/or files are grouped by location, so the first four characters are the same for each file; there are four-five different locations. I need to delete the first few characters of the folder's name.
Example:
Old File: ABC_Doe, Jane
New File: Doe, Jane
any suggestions as to the quickest way to carry this out?
I've tried all of the following:
1st Attempt
$a = Get-ChildItem C:\example
$b = Where-Object {$_.name -like “*ABC_*”}
$cmdlet_name = “Rename-Item”
$d = (cmdlet_name $a $b)
invoke-expression $d
2nd Attempt
$e = Get-ChildItem C:\example
$f = $e.TrimStart (“ABC_”)
3rd Attempt
Rename-Item -{$_.name -like “*ASD*”, “”}
Try this, get all child items (files only), remove abc_ by replacing them (with nothing) and rename each file. To rename files in sub-directories add the -Recurse switch to the Get-ChildItem command:
Get-ChildItem c:\example -Filter ABC_* | Where-Object {!$_.PSIsContainer} | Rename-Item -NewName { ($_.BaseName -replace '^ABC_') + $_.Extension }
UPDATE
Actually, this should work as well and is much shorter (no need to append the file extension cause renaming is performed on the file name).
Get-ChildItem c:\example -Filter ABC_* | Where-Object {!$_.PSIsContainer} | Rename-Item -NewName { $_.Name -replace '^ABC_' }
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Source: get-help rename-item -full

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