powershell create a catalog file

goodywp 

Hi William,

I don’t know why you want it like this but it is possible. In the snippet below you’ll find a way to do this.

$Path =  "c:\temp"
$Outputfile = "c:\temp\output.txt"
$allitems = Get-ChildItem -path $Path -Recurse

$groups = $allitems | Group-Object -Property PSParentPath
$lines = @()
foreach($group in $groups){
    $lines += $group.name.replace("Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::", "----") + "----"
    $items = $group.Group
    foreach($item in $items){
        if(-NOT $item.PSIsContainer){
            $lines += $item.name
        }
    }
}
$lines | out-file -FilePath $Outputfile

It’s also possible to export to data to a XML file for later analysis (in powershell). You can import this data later (also on a different device). You will keep all properties like size (Length), dates (Create, LastAccessTime, LastWritetime etc) and many more. Disadvantage is that the output XML file is bigger. See the snippet below:

# Get and export data 
$allitems = Get-ChildItem -path $Path -Recurse
$allitems | Export-Clixml "c:\temp\output.xml" 

# Import data
$importedItems = Import-Clixml "c:\temp\output.xml"

I hope it works out for you William!

Good luck!

Grtz, Manfred de Laat