Public/Find-PSUFilesContainingText.ps1
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function Find-PSUFilesContainingText { <# .SYNOPSIS Searches files for a specific text string. .DESCRIPTION Recursively or non-recursively searches files in a directory for a given text string, with options to filter by extension and exclude certain file types. .PARAMETER SearchPath Directory to search. .PARAMETER SearchText Text to search for in files. .PARAMETER FileExtension Only search files with this extension. .PARAMETER ExcludeExtensions Array of file extensions to exclude. .PARAMETER NoRecurse If specified, search only the top-level directory. .EXAMPLE Find-PSUFilesContainingText -SearchPath 'C:\Projects' -SearchText 'TODO' .NOTES Author: Lakshmanachari Panuganti File Creation Date: 2025-06-27 #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateScript({ if (-Not (Test-Path -Path $_)) { throw "Directory path '$_' does not exist." } return $true })] [string]$SearchPath, [Parameter(Mandatory)] [string]$SearchText, [Parameter()] [string]$FileExtension, [Parameter()] [string[]]$ExcludeExtensions = @('exe','dll','msi','bin','jpg','png','zip','iso','img','sys'), [Parameter()] [switch]$NoRecurse ) if ($FileExtension) { Write-Verbose "Searching for '*.$FileExtension' files in '$SearchPath' containing text: '$SearchText'..." $filter = "*.$FileExtension" } else { Write-Verbose "Searching all files in '$SearchPath' containing text: '$SearchText'..." $filter = "*" } if ($NoRecurse) { Write-Verbose "Recursion disabled. Searching only in the top-level directory." $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPath -File -Filter $filter -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } else { Write-Verbose "Recursively searching subdirectories..." $files = Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPath -Recurse -File -Filter $filter -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } # Exclude files with specified extensions $files = $files | Where-Object { $ext = $_.Extension.TrimStart('.').ToLower() -not ($ExcludeExtensions -contains $ext) } $matchedFiles = foreach ($file in $files) { if (Select-String -Path $file.FullName -Pattern $SearchText -Quiet) { $file.FullName } } if ($matchedFiles) { $matchedFiles } else { if ($FileExtension) { Write-Warning "No *.$FileExtension files found containing '$SearchText' in '$SearchPath'." } else { Write-Warning "No files found containing '$SearchText' in '$SearchPath'." } } } |