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#requires -version 3
Function Get-BigFiles {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
This function will scan a folder in order to retrieve the files which exceed a given
size threshold
.DESCRIPTION
This function will scan a folder in order to retrieve the files which exceed a given
size threshold
.PARAMETER Path
Specifies the folder to scan recursively
.PARAMETER MinSize
Specifies the minimal threshold
.EXAMPLE
Get-BigFiles -Path "D:\temp\vsphere6.1"
FullName Date Created Date Modified Size (MB)
-------- ------------ ------------- ---------
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 20/05/2015 12:07:33 20/05/2015 11:50:35 2613,7
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\vRealiz... 16/06/2015 11:04:43 11/06/2015 11:52:31 1503,97
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 29/06/2015 13:41:37 29/06/2015 13:39:12 868,5
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 29/06/2015 14:04:48 29/06/2015 14:03:34 867,63
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\vRealiz... 16/06/2015 11:03:56 15/06/2015 12:10:53 404,82
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 20/05/2015 12:08:54 20/05/2015 11:56:10 348,38
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 20/05/2015 12:09:31 20/05/2015 10:06:22 171,72
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 20/05/2015 12:09:16 20/05/2015 10:05:25 119,95
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 17/06/2015 09:35:40 11/06/2015 11:23:47 35,82
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 20/05/2015 12:09:20 20/05/2015 10:03:19 31,33
.EXAMPLE
Get-BigFiles -Path "D:\temp\vsphere6.1" -MinSize 1Gb
FullName Date Created Date Modified Size (MB)
-------- ------------ ------------- ---------
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 20/05/2015 12:07:33 20/05/2015 11:50:35 2613,7
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\vRealiz... 16/06/2015 11:04:43 11/06/2015 11:52:31 1503,97
.EXAMPLE
"D:\temp\vsphere6.1" | Get-BigFiles -MinSize 750Mb
FullName Date Created Date Modified Size (MB)
-------- ------------ ------------- ---------
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 20/05/2015 12:07:33 20/05/2015 11:50:35 2613,7
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\vRealiz... 16/06/2015 11:04:43 11/06/2015 11:52:31 1503,97
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 29/06/2015 13:41:37 29/06/2015 13:39:12 868,5
D:\temp\vsphere6.1\VMware-... 29/06/2015 14:04:48 29/06/2015 14:03:34 867,63
.NOTES
NAME: Get-BigFiles
AUTHOR: ROULEAU Benjamin
LASTEDIT: 2015-07-07
.LINKS
http://katalykt.blogspot.fr/
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
PARAM(
[Parameter(
Mandatory,
ValueFromPipeline,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName)]
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -Path $_ -PathType Container})]
$Path,
[ValidateScript({$_.GetType().Name -eq "Int32"})]
$MinSize=25Mb
)
BEGIN {
Write-Verbose -Message "[BEGIN] Scan began at: $((Get-Date).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"))"
}
PROCESS {
Write-Verbose -Message "[PROCESS] Scanning folder: $Path"
# Get the content of the given folder and fetch files which are higher than the given size threshold
Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Recurse -ErrorAction "SilentlyContinue" |
Where-Object {$_.Length -ge $MinSize} |
Select-Object FullName, `
@{Name="Date Created";Expression={$_.CreationTime.ToString()}}, `
@{Name="Date Modified";Expression={$_.LastWriteTime.ToString()}}, `
@{Name="Size (MB)";Expression={[math]::Round($_.Length / 1Mb, 2)}} |
Sort-Object "Size (MB)" -Descending
}
END {
Write-Verbose -Message "[END] Scan ended at: $((Get-Date).ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"))"
}
}
