Path error in script

Question

I am Googling scripts to find a PS script to count file types and files in several directory's on our network.

I have several directory's on my "Libraries" directory on my PC at work.

I'm just trying to test a PS script to get this to work to count the files and list the file types in my "Libraries\Documents\Tidbits" folder:

Get-ChildItem \\hilltop3\users$\LongRandy\My Documents\TIDBITS

but I get this error:

Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path '\\hilltop3\users$\LongRandy\My' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:14
+ Get-ChildItem <<<< \\hilltop3\users$\LongRandy\My Documents\TIDBITS
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (\\hilltop3\users$\LongRandy\My:String) [Get-ChildItem], ItemNotFoundExc
eption
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand"

Thanks again

Solution 1

Try this:

$files = Get-ChildItem "\\hilltop3\users$\LongRandy\My Documents\TIDBITS" -recurse | where{$_.mode -notlike "d*"}
$files | group-object -Property extension | sort count -Descending

Solution 2

Because your file path has a space in it, you need to wrap it in quotes so that PowerShell knows it's a single string/argument.

Notice in the error:

Cannot find path '\hilltop3\users$\LongRandy\My' because it does not exist.

It stops at the Space after My because spaces are used to distinguish between individual arguments in the command.

Try something like:

Get-ChildItem "\\hilltop3\users$\LongRandy\My Documents\TIDBITS"

Comments

[DATAfiend]

zoredache, It looks like megamorf's script worked. I'm still curious about the default name for "My Documents". Is this common to change My Documents to Documents or vice versa?

[DATAfiend]

It worked, many thanks. But, why do you have the "$files =" at the beginning of the line?

[megamorf]

That stores the result of the Get-Childitem in a variable. All variables in Powershell begin with $ sign. Storing a result of a long query in a variable allows you to filter, group, etc it without having to wait for Get-Childitem to return all of the files.