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<# | |
.Synopsis | |
Deletes all files in a specific directory with "(n)" in their name (where 'n' indicates a number). Useful for cleaning up downloads | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Deletes all files in a specific directory with "(n)" in their name (where 'n' indicates a number). Useful for cleaning up duplicate downloads | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Remove-DuplicateDownloads -TargetPath C:\Users\User1\Downloads | |
#> | |
function Remove-DuplicateDownloads | |
{ | |
[CmdletBinding()] | |
Param | |
( | |
# The directory you would like to use to search for the duplicate downloads | |
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true)] | |
$TargetPath = "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads" | |
) | |
Begin { | |
$Date = Get-Date -Format yyyyMMdd | |
$FileName = "$Date" + "_Remove-DuplicateDownloads_Results.csv" | |
} | |
Process { | |
$ChildItems = Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $TargetPath -Recurse | Where {$_.Name -like "*([0-9]?)*"} | | |
Select Name, | |
Directory, | |
@{Label="Created";Expression={$_.CreationTime}}, | |
@{Label="File Size";Expression={$_.Length}}, | |
@{Label="Full Path";Expression={$_.FullName}} | |
$MeasureObject = $ChildItems | Select -ExpandProperty "File Size" | Measure -Sum | |
if ($MeasureObject.Count -gt 0) { | |
$Count = $MeasureObject.Count | |
$Sum = $MeasureObject.Sum | |
$AddtoCSV = "`n Total Count = $Count `n Total Size = $Sum" | |
Try { | |
$ChildItems | Export-CSV -Path $env:TEMP\$FileName | |
$AddToCSV | Out-File $env:TEMP\$FileName -Append -Force | |
} | |
Catch { | |
Write-Error "You may not have access to write to $env:TEMP. Make sure you have proper permissions and that the file is not open." | |
} | |
Remove-Item -LiteralPath $ChildItems.'Full Path' -WhatIf | |
} | |
else { | |
Write-Output "No Items Found!" | |
} | |
} | |
End { | |
} | |
} |
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