Get-DirectoryInfo
SYNOPSIS
Get directory information.
SYNTAX
Get-DirectoryInfo [[-Path] <String>] [-Depth <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
This command is designed to provide quick access to top-level directory information. The default behavior is to show the total number of files in the immediate directory. Although the command will also capture the total file size in the immediate directory. You can use the Depth parameter to recurse through a specified number of levels.
The command output will use a wide format by default. However, other wide views are available. See Examples.
EXAMPLES
Example 1
PS C:\> Get-DirectoryInfo
Path: C:\
gemfonts [15] PerfLogs [0]
Pluralsight [17] Presentations [1]
Program Files [0] Program Files (x86) [0]
Ruby27-x64 [3] Scripts [3652]
Thunderbird [0] Training [3]
Users [0] Windows [38]
Windows.old [0] Windows10Upgrade [23]
work [13]
The default output will use ANSI escape sequences.
Example 2
PS C:\> Get-DirectoryInfo -Path D:\ | Format-Wide -View sizemb
Path: D:\
autolab [0MB] backtemp [0MB]
Backup [0.01MB] Backups [140.49MB]
bovine320 [0MB] Databases [0MB]
Exports [0MB] iso [16137.65MB]
JDHIT [35.58MB] Logitech [0MB]
OneDrive [0MB] rip [60.99MB]
temp [10.67MB] video [83.56MB]
VMDisks [68053MB] VMs [0MB]
Using one of the alternate Format-Wide views. Other views are size and sizekb.
Example 3
PS C:\> Get-DirectoryInfo D:\Autolab\ -Depth 2 |
Format-Table -GroupBy parent -Property Name,File* -wrap
Parent: D:\Autolab
Name FileCount FileSize
---- --------- --------
Configurations 0 0
Hotfixes 0 0
ISOs 6 16838768742
MasterVirtualHardDisks 3 22326280192
Resources 0 0
VMVirtualHardDisks 0 0
Parent: D:\Autolab\Configurations
Name FileCount FileSize
---- --------- --------
Implement-Windows-Server-DHCP-2016 7 65126
Jason-DSC-Env 7 66933
microsoft-powershell-implementing-jea 7 65462
MultiRole 7 65820
MultiRole-Server-2016 7 62063
PowerShellLab 7 83541
SingleServer 4 15784
SingleServer2012R2 4 15937
SingleServer2012R2-GUI 4 16005
SingleServer-GUI-2016 4 16397
SingleServer-GUI-2019 4 15845
Windows10 4 20695
Parent: D:\Autolab\Configurations\PowerShellLab
Name FileCount FileSize
---- --------- --------
PostSetup 5 15275
Here's an example using the DirectoryStat object with different formatting.
PARAMETERS
-Depth
The Depth parameter determines the number of subdirectories to recursively query.
Type: System.Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
-Path
Specify the top-level path.
Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
INPUTS
None
OUTPUTS
DirectoryStat
NOTES
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