Listing blobs in Loop not being Shown - azure

Question

I've created a script which deletes blobs which are older than a set date, I'm trying to run this using an automation account, however when I test it using the "test pane" it gives the desired output, which is a list of blobs to be deleted, however when it actually runs using the automation account it doesn't display a list of blobs to be deleted.
The code is below:
### delete blobs older than 30 days
param(
[parameter(mandatory=$true)]
[int32]$daysToKeep,
[parameter(mandatory=$true)]
[string]$storageAccount,
[parameter(mandatory=$true)]
[string]$storageContainer,
[parameter(mandatory=$true)]
[string]$storageAccessKey
)
$connectionName = "AzureRunAsConnection"
# Get the connection "AzureRunAsConnection "
$servicePrincipalConnection = Get-AutomationConnection -Name $connectionName
"Logging in to Azure..."
Add-AzureRmAccount `
-ServicePrincipal `
-TenantId $servicePrincipalConnection.TenantId `
-ApplicationId $servicePrincipalConnection.ApplicationId `
-CertificateThumbprint $servicePrincipalConnection.CertificateThumbprint
Write-Host "logged into Azure"
$context = New-AzureStorageContext -StorageAccountName $storageAccount -StorageAccountKey $storageAccessKey
New-AzureStorageContainer -Name $storageContainer -Context $context -Permission Blob -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$EGBlobs = Get-AzureStorageBlob -Container $storageContainer -Context $context | sort-object LastModified | select lastmodified, name
foreach($blob in $EGBlobs)
{
if($blob.lastmodified -lt (get-date).AddDays($daysToKeep*-1))
{
$blob_date = [datetime]$blob.LastModified.UtcDateTime
Write-Output "-----------------------------------"
write-output "Purging blob from Storage: " $blob.name
write-output "----------------------------------- "
write-output "Last Modified Date of the Blob: " $blob_date
Write-Output "-----------------------------------"
Remove-AzureStorageBlob -Blob $blob.name -Container $storageContainer -Context $context
}
}
Can't see where I'm going wrong, is this a setting within Azure Automation account.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Not sure why it is, but in fact it is.
Just move the line Remove-AzureStorageBlob -Blob $blob.name -Container $storageContainer -Context $context to the top in the loop, it will work fine.
It should be:
foreach($blob in $EGBlobs)
{
if($blob.lastmodified -lt (get-date).AddDays(2))
{
Remove-AzureStorageBlob -Blob $blob.name -Container $storageContainer -Context $context
$blob_date = [datetime]$blob.LastModified.UtcDateTime
Write-Output "-----------------------------------"
write-output "Purging blob from Storage: " $blob.name
write-output "----------------------------------- "
write-output "Last Modified Date of the Blob: " $blob_date
Write-Output "-----------------------------------"
}
}