A collection of PowerShell scripts for finding unused files

directory-summary.ps1

function directory-summary($dir=".") { 
  get-childitem $dir | 
    % { $f = $_ ; 
        get-childitem -r $_.FullName | 
           measure-object -property length -sum | 
             select @{Name="Name";Expression={$f}},Sum}
}

Get-NeglectedFiles.ps1

Function Get-NeglectedFiles

{

 Param([string[]]$path,

       [int]$numberDays)

 $cutOffDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$numberDays)

 Get-ChildItem -Path $path -r |

 Where-Object {$_.LastAccessTime -le $cutOffDate}

}

usage.md

in powershell load the scripts:

• directory-summary {path} where {path} is the path to get folder size of
• Get-NeglectedFiles -path c:\fso -numberDays 60 | select name, lastaccesstime
• delete files older than 60 days: dir |? {$_.CreationTime -lt (get-date).AddDays(-60)} | del

Note these scripts were taken from :

• directory-summary
• Get-NeglectedFiles