Powershell cmdlet for locating recent files in a specified folder.

Get-LatestFiles.ps1

<#

    .SYNOPSIS
    Short function to find recently saved files.

    .DESCRIPTION
    Short function that can be used to find/locate recently saved files.

    Searches are performed by passing the parameters to Get-Childitem which will then
    recursively search through your specified file path and then perform a sort to output
    the most recently amended files at the top of the list.

    Outputs inlcude the Directory,Filename and LastWriteTime

    .EXAMPLE
    -DaysPast 7 -Path 'C:\GitRepos\AdminToolkit\PowerShell' -FileType *.*
    
    Recursively scans the folder 'C:\GitRepos\AdminToolkit\PowerShell' looking for all files that have been
    amended in the last 7 days

    .INPUTS
    DaysPast [int]
    Path [string]
    FileType [string]


    .OUTPUTS
    Directory                                  Name                LastWriteTime
    ---------                                  ----                -------------
    C:\GitRepos\AdminToolkit\PowerShell\CmdLet Get-LatestFiles.ps1 02/02/2018 15:30:35

    .NOTES
    Author:     Luke Leigh
    Website:    https://admintoolkit.lukeleigh.com/
    LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukeleigh/
    GitHub:     https://github.com/BanterBoy/
    GitHubGist: https://gist.github.com/BanterBoy

    .LINK
    https://github.com/BanterBoy/adminToolkit/wiki

    #>

[CmdletBinding(HelpURI = SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
param (
    [Parameter(
        Mandatory = $True,
        HelpMessage = "Please enter the number of days.")]
    [Alias('Days')]
    [int32]$DaysPast,
    [Parameter(
        Mandatory = $True,
        HelpMessage = "Please enter search file path.")]
    [Alias('FilePath')]
    [string]$Path,
    [Parameter(
        Mandatory = $True,
        HelpMessage = "Please enter file extension.")]
    [Alias('File')]
    [string]$FileType
)

BEGIN {
    $Start = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$DaysPast)
}

PROCESS {
    $Files = Get-ChildItem -Path "$Path" -Filter "$FileType" -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -ge "$Start" }
    foreach ($File in $Files) {
        $FileInfo = Select-Object -InputObject $File -Property Directory, Name, LastWriteTime
        try {
            $properties = @{
                Name          = $FileInfo.Name
                Directory     = $FileInfo.Directory
                LastWriteTime = $FileInfo.LastWriteTime
            }
        }
        catch {
            $properties = @{
                Name          = $FileInfo.Name
                Directory     = $FileInfo.Directory
                LastWriteTime = $FileInfo.LastWriteTime
            }
        }
        finally {
            $obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $properties
            Write-Output $obj
        }
    }
}

END {

}