Get-LargeFiles.ps1
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.Synopsis Use PowerShell to get a report of the largest files in a directory. .DESCRIPTION Use PowerShell to get a report of the largest files in a directory. .NOTES Created by Jason Wasser Modified: 3/24/2015 01:24:03 PM .EXAMPLE Get-LargeFiles Outputs a list of the ten largest files in the current directory. .EXAMPLE Get-LargeFiles -Path C:\Temp -Recurse Outputs a list of the ten largest files in c:\Temp and subfolders. .EXAMPLE Get-LargeFiles -Path C:\Temp -Count 20 -Recurse -FormattedOutput Outputs a list of the twenty largest files in c:\Temp and subfolders with af friendly formatted output. #> Function Get-LargeFiles { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('glf')] [OutputType([System.IO.FileInfo])] Param ( # The starting path, defaults to current directory. [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true, Position=0)] [string]$Path=".", # Count of files to display [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=1)] [int]$Count=10, # Recurse switch [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=2)] [switch]$Recurse=$false, # Formatted output boolean [Parameter(Mandatory=$false,Position=3)] [switch]$FormattedOutput=$false ) Begin {} Process { if ($FormattedOutput) { Get-ChildItem $Path -Recurse:([bool]$Recurse.IsPresent) | Sort-Object -Property Length -Descending | Select-Object -First $Count -Property Name,@{Label="Size(MB)";Expression={$_.Length/1MB -as [int]}},FullName } else { Get-ChildItem $Path -Recurse:([bool]$Recurse.IsPresent) | Sort-Object -Property Length -Descending | Select-Object -First $Count } } End {} } |