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Get the size of a given folder in a human readable format
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function Get-DirectorySize | |
{ | |
<# | |
.SYNOPSIS | |
Get the size of a given folder in a human readable format | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Get the size of a given folder in a human readable format | |
.PARAMETER Path | |
Folder to check | |
.PARAMETER Type | |
Type of the Return, | |
Valid values are: GB, MB, KB, B | |
The default is MB (Megabyte) | |
.EXAMPLE | |
PS C:\> Get-DirectorySize -Path 'C:\scripts' | |
.EXAMPLE | |
PS C:\> Get-DirectorySize -Path 'C:\scripts' -Type GB | |
.NOTES | |
PowerShell function to emulate the wel known Linux DU command | |
Version: 1.0.0 | |
GUID: e559f754-f1aa-4376-8c28-dea035fe2c5a | |
Author: Joerg Hochwald | |
Companyname: Alright IT GmbH | |
Copyright: Copyright (c) 2019, Alright IT GmbH - All rights reserved. | |
License: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause | |
Releasenotes: | |
1.0.0 2019-05-09: Initial Release | |
THIS CODE IS MADE AVAILABLE AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK OF THE USE OR THE RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THIS CODE REMAINS WITH THE USER. | |
#> | |
[CmdletBinding(ConfirmImpact = 'None')] | |
[OutputType([string])] | |
param | |
( | |
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, | |
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] | |
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] | |
[Alias('Directory', 'Folder')] | |
[string] | |
$Path = '.', | |
[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline, | |
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)] | |
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] | |
[ValidateSet('GB', 'MB', 'KB', 'B', IgnoreCase = $true)] | |
[Alias('InType')] | |
[string] | |
$Type = 'MB' | |
) | |
process | |
{ | |
try | |
{ | |
$AllFolderItems = (Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse -ErrorAction Stop | Measure-Object -Property length -Sum) | |
switch ($Type) | |
{ | |
'GB' | |
{ | |
$FolderSize = '{0:N2}' -f ($AllFolderItems.sum / 1GB) + ' GB' | |
} | |
'MB' | |
{ | |
$FolderSize = '{0:N2}' -f ($AllFolderItems.sum / 1MB) + ' MB' | |
} | |
'KB' | |
{ | |
$FolderSize = '{0:N2}' -f ($AllFolderItems.sum / 1KB) + ' KB' | |
} | |
'B' | |
{ | |
$FolderSize = '{0:N2}' -f ($AllFolderItems.sum) + ' B' | |
} | |
Default | |
{ | |
$FolderSize = '{0:N2}' -f ($AllFolderItems.sum) + ' MB' | |
} | |
} | |
return $FolderSize | |
} | |
catch | |
{ | |
# get error record | |
[Management.Automation.ErrorRecord]$e = $_ | |
# retrieve information about runtime error | |
$info = [PSCustomObject]@{ | |
Exception = $e.Exception.Message | |
Reason = $e.CategoryInfo.Reason | |
Target = $e.CategoryInfo.TargetName | |
Script = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptName | |
Line = $e.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber | |
Column = $e.InvocationInfo.OffsetInLine | |
} | |
# output information. Post-process collected info, and log info (optional) | |
$info | Out-String | Write-Verbose | |
Write-Error -Message $e.Exception.Message -ErrorAction Continue -Exception $e.Exception -TargetObject $e.CategoryInfo.TargetName | |
} | |
} | |
} |
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