Remove-LogFile.ps1
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<#PSScriptInfo
.VERSION 1.0.0 .GUID a1ba81d3-e859-4998-b6ff-c9b8413c7316 .AUTHOR @torggler .TAGS Logs .PROJECTURI https://ntsystems.it/PowerShell/Remove-LogFile/ #> <# .SYNOPSIS Deletes log files. .DESCRIPTION Deletes log files, parameters can be used to specify the root folder, whether or not to include subfolders, a file extension filter and the age. This is intended to be run as scheduled task to regularly clean-up log files. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> .\Remove-LogFile.ps1 -Path C:\inetpub\logs -Age 7 -Recurse This example removes all *.log files older than 7 days from C:\inetpub\logs and any subfolders. .INPUTS None. .OUTPUTS None. .NOTES Author: Thomas Torggler; @torggler Date: 2014-04-30 Version: 1.1 1.0: Basic Script 1.1: handle if no files to delete. If PowerShell Version 2.0 is used, remove the -file Parameter from Get-Childitem .LINK https://ntsystems.it/PowerShell/Remove-LogFile/ #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)] Param ( # Specify folder in which logs will be deleted [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)] [ValidateScript({Test-Path $_ -PathType Container})] $Path, # Specify a number of days. Files with a LastWriteTime older than this will be deleted. [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, Position=1)] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [ValidateRange(1,65535)] [int]$Age = 90, # Specify file extension filter. Defaults to '*.log'. [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, Position=2)] [ValidatePattern('^\*\.\w{3}$')] [string] $Filter = '*.log', # Specify a path to a log file. The script will log information and erros to the file. [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [System.IO.FileInfo] $LogFile="$env:temp\log-RemoveLogFile.ps1", # Include subfolders. [switch] $Recurse ) # Clean and initialize Log File Remove-Item $LogFile -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WhatIf:$false "$(Get-Date) Remove-LogFile started!" | Add-Content $LogFile -WhatIf:$false Write-Host "LogFile: $LogFile" -ForegroundColor Yellow $filesToDelete = Get-ChildItem -Path:$Path -File -Recurse:$Recurse -Filter:$Filter | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-$Age)} if ($filesToDelete) { "$(Get-Date) Found $($filesToDelete.Count) files to delete." | Add-Content $LogFile foreach ($file in $filesToDelete) { if ($pscmdlet.ShouldProcess("$($File.FullName)", "Delete")) { Remove-Item -Path $file.FullName "$(Get-Date) Removed $($file.FullName)" | Add-Content $LogFile } } } else { "$(Get-Date) Nothing to delete." | Add-Content $LogFile -WhatIf:$false } "$(Get-Date) Remove-LogFile ended!" | Add-Content $LogFile -WhatIf:$false |