GenXdev.FileSystem
A Windows PowerShell module for basic and advanced file management tasks
Copyright (c) 2025 René Vaessen / GenXdev
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* Simple but agile utility for renaming text throughout a project directory,
including file- and directory- names: Rename-InProject -> rip
* Pretty good wrapper for robocopy, Microsoft's robuust file copy utility: Start-RoboCopy -> rc, xc
* Folder synchronization
* Support for extra long pathnames > 256 characters
* Restartable mode backups
* Support for copying and fixing security settings
* Advanced file attribute features
* Advanced symbolic link and junction support
* Monitor mode (restart copying after change threshold)
* Optimization features for LargeFiles, multithreaded copying and
network compression
* Recovery mode (copy from failing disks)
* Find files with Find-Item -> l
* Fast multi-threaded search: utilizes parallel and asynchronous
IO processing with configurable maximum degree of parallelism
(default based on CPU cores) for efficient file and directory scanning.
* Advanced Pattern Matching: Supports wildcards (*, ?), recursive patterns
like **, and complex path structures for precise file and directory queries.
**/filename will only recurse until filename is matched. multiple of these
patterns are allowed, as long as the are preceeded with a filename or
directoryname to match.
This pattern parser has the power of Resolve-Path but has recursion
features, and does only support * and ? as wildcards,
preventing bugs with paths with [ ] brackets in them, eliminating
the need for -LiteralPath parameter, while maintaining integrity
for paths sections without wildcards, unlike a wildcard match on the
whole full path.
* Enhanced Content Searching: Comprehensive Select-String integration
with regular expression patterns within file contents using the
-Content parameter.
* Large File Optimization: Handles extremely large files with smart
overlapping buffers and minimal heap allocation
* Multiple Match Options: Find all matches per line (-AllMatches) or
just the first match per file (-List)
* Case Sensitivity Control: Case-sensitive matching (-CaseSensitive)
with culture-specific options (-Culture)
* Context Capture: Show lines before and after matches (-Context) for
better understanding
* Inverse Matching: Find files that don't contain the pattern (-NotMatch)
* Output Formats: Raw string output (-Raw), quiet boolean response (-Quiet),
or full MatchInfo objects
* Pattern Types: Regular expressions (default) or simple literal string
matching (-SimpleMatch)
* Encoding Support: Specify file encoding (-Encoding) for accurate text
processing
* Path Type Flexibility: Handles relative, absolute, UNC, rooted paths, and
NTFS alternate data streams (ADS) with optional content search in streams.
* Multi-Drive Support: Searches across all drives with -AllDrives or specific
drives via -SearchDrives, including optical disks if specified.
* Directory and File Filtering: Options to search directories only (-Directory),
both files and directories (-FilesAndDirectories), or files with content matching.
* Exclusion and Limits: Exclude patterns with -Exclude, set max recursion depth
-MaxRecursionDepth), file size limits (-MaxFileSize, -MinFileSize), and modified
date filters (-ModifiedAfter, -ModifiedBefore).
* Output Customization: Supports PassThru for FileInfo/DirectoryInfo objects,
relative paths, hyperlinks in attended mode, or plain paths in unattended mode
(use -NoLinks in case of mishaps to enforce unattended mode).
* Performance Optimizations: Skips non-text files by default for content search
(override with -IncludeNonTextFileMatching), handles long paths (>260 chars),
and follows symlinks/junctions.
* Safety Features: Timeout support (-TimeoutSeconds), ignores inaccessible items,
skips system attributes by default, and prevents infinite loops with visited node tracking.
* Easily change directories with Set-FoundLocation -> lcd
* Find directories by name/wildcard
* Supports most of Find-Items parameters, like searching in file contents to match
the directory to change location too
* Has autocompletion, just type the first letters and press Tab or CTRL-SPACE
* Delete complete directory contents with Remove-AllItems -> sdel
* Optionally delete the root folder as well
* Move files and directories with Move-ItemWithTracking
Install-Module "GenXdev.FileSystem"
Import-Module "GenXdev.FileSystem"Update-Module| Command | Aliases | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Confirm-InstallationConsent | Â | Â |
| Copy-IdenticalParamValues | Â | Copies parameter values from bound parameters to a new hashtable based on another function's possible parameters. |
| EnsurePester | Â | Â |
| Expand-Path | ep | Expands any given file reference to a full pathname. |
| Find-DuplicateFiles | fdf | Find duplicate files across multiple directories based on configurable criteria. |
| Find-Item | l | Fast multi-threaded file and directory search with optional textcontent pattern matching capabilities. |
| Invoke-Fasti | fasti | Â |
| Move-ItemWithTracking | Â | Moves files and directories while preserving filesystem links and references. |
| Move-ToRecycleBin | Â | Moves files and directories to the Windows Recycle Bin safely. |
| ReadJsonWithRetry | Â | Reads JSON file with retry logic and automatic lock cleanup. |
| Remove-AllItems | sdel | Â |
| Remove-ItemWithFallback | rmf | Â |
| Remove-OnReboot | Â | Marks files or directories for deletion during the next system boot. |
| Rename-InProject | rip | Â |
| ResolveInputObjectFileNames | Â | Â |
| Set-FoundLocation | lcd | Finds the first matching file or folder and sets the location to it. |
| Set-LocationParent | .. | Changes the current location to the parent directory and lists its contents. |
| Set-LocationParent2 | ... | Navigates up two directory levels in the file system hierarchy. |
| Set-LocationParent3 | .... | Navigates up three directory levels in the file system hierarchy. |
| Set-LocationParent4 | ..... | Navigates up four directory levels in the filesystem hierarchy. |
| Set-LocationParent5 | ...... | Navigates up five directory levels in the file system hierarchy. |
| Start-RoboCopy | rc, xc | Â |
| WriteFileOutput | Â | Â |
| WriteJsonAtomic | Â | Â |
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Confirm-InstallationConsent Confirm-InstallationConsent [-ApplicationName] <string>
[-Source] <string> [-Description <string>] [-Publisher
<string>] [-ForceConsent]
[-ConsentToThirdPartySoftwareInstallation]
[<CommonParameters>] -ApplicationName <string>
The name of the application or software being installed.
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ConsentToThirdPartySoftwareInstallation
Automatically consent to third-party software installation and set persistent flag.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Description <string>
Optional description of the software and its purpose.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ForceConsent
Force a prompt even if preference is set.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Publisher <string>
Optional publisher or vendor of the software.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Source <string>
The source of the installation (e.g., Winget, PowerShell Gallery).
Required? true
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). EnsurePester EnsurePester [<CommonParameters>] <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Expand-Path --> ep Expand-Path [-FilePath] <string> [-CreateDirectory]
[-CreateFile] [-DeleteExistingFile] [-ForceDrive <char>]
[-FileMustExist] [-DirectoryMustExist]
[<CommonParameters>] -CreateDirectory
Will create directory if it does not exist
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CreateFile
Will create an empty file if it does not exist
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -DeleteExistingFile
Will delete the file if it already exists
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -DirectoryMustExist
Will throw if directory does not exist
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FileMustExist
Will throw if file does not exist
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FilePath <string>
Path to expand
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ForceDrive <char>
Will force the use of a specific drive
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Find-DuplicateFiles --> fdf Find duplicate files across multiple directories based on configurable criteria.
Find-DuplicateFiles [[-Paths] <String[]>] [-Input <String>]
[-DontCompareSize] [-DontCompareModifiedDate] [-Recurse]
[<CommonParameters>] Recursively searches specified directories for duplicate files. Files are
considered duplicates if they share the same name and optionally match on size
and modification date. Returns groups of duplicate files for further processing.
-Paths <String[]>
Array of directory paths to recursively search for duplicate files. Accepts
pipeline input and wildcard paths.
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -Input <String>
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -DontCompareSize [<SwitchParameter>]
When specified, file size is not used as a comparison criterion, only names
are matched.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -DontCompareModifiedDate [<SwitchParameter>]
When specified, file modification dates are not used as a comparison criterion.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -Recurse [<SwitchParameter>]
Recurse into subdirectories.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Invoke-Fasti --> fasti Extracts archive files in the current directory to their own folders and deletes
them afterwards.
Invoke-Fasti [[-Password] <String>] [-ExtractOutputToo]
[<CommonParameters>] Automatically extracts common archive formats (zip, 7z, tar, etc.) found in the
current directory into individual folders named after each archive. After
successful extraction, the original archive files are deleted. Requires 7-Zip
to be installed on the system.
-Password <String>
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -ExtractOutputToo [<SwitchParameter>]
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Supported formats: 7z, zip, rar, tar, iso and many others.
Requires 7-Zip installation (will attempt auto-install via winget if missing).
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\Downloads>Invoke-Fasti
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\Downloads>fasti ReadJsonWithRetry Reads JSON file with retry logic and automatic lock cleanup.
ReadJsonWithRetry [-FilePath] <String> [[-MaxRetries] <Int32>] [[-RetryDelayMs] <Int32>] [-AsHashtable] [<CommonParameters>] Attempts to read a JSON file with retry logic to handle concurrent access.
Implements automatic cleanup of stale lock files. Returns empty hashtable if
file doesn't exist.
-FilePath <String>
The path to the JSON file to read.
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxRetries <Int32>
Maximum number of retry attempts. Defaults to 10.
Required? false
Position? 2
Default value 10
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -RetryDelayMs <Int32>
Delay in milliseconds between retries. Defaults to 200.
Required? false
Position? 3
Default value 200
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -AsHashtable [<SwitchParameter>]
Return the parsed JSON as a hashtable instead of PSCustomObject. Defaults to true.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Remove-AllItems --> sdel Recursively removes all content from a directory with advanced error handling.
Remove-AllItems [-Path] <String> [[-DeleteFolder]] [-WhatIf]
[-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>] Safely removes all files and subdirectories within a specified directory using
a reverse-order deletion strategy to handle deep paths. Includes WhatIf support,
verbose logging, and fallback deletion methods for locked files.
-Path <String>
The directory path to clear. Can be relative or absolute path. Will be normalized
and expanded before processing.
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -DeleteFolder [<SwitchParameter>]
When specified, also removes the root directory specified by Path after clearing
its contents.
Required? false
Position? 2
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Remove-ItemWithFallback --> rmf Removes files or directories with multiple fallback mechanisms for reliable deletion.
Remove-ItemWithFallback [-Path] <String>
[-CountRebootDeletionAsSuccess] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] This function provides a robust way to delete files and directories by attempting
multiple deletion methods in sequence:
1. Direct deletion via System.IO methods for best performance
2. PowerShell provider-aware Remove-Item cmdlet as fallback
3. Mark for deletion on next system reboot if other methods fail
This ensures maximum reliability when removing items across different providers.
-Path <String>
The file or directory path to remove. Can be a filesystem path or provider path.
Accepts pipeline input and wildcards. Must be a valid, non-empty path.
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -CountRebootDeletionAsSuccess [<SwitchParameter>]
If specified, the function returns $true when a file is successfully marked for deletion on reboot.
By default ($false), the function returns $false in this scenario.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false -Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Aliases
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Rename-InProject --> rip Rename-InProject [[-Source] <string>] [-FindText] <string>
[-ReplacementText] <string> [-CaseInsensitive] [-WhatIf]
[-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>] -CaseInsensitive
Perform case-insensitive text replacement
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Confirm
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases cf
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FindText <string>
The text to find (case sensitivity controlled by CaseInsensitive parameter)
Required? true
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases find, what, from
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ReplacementText <string>
The text to replace matches with
Required? true
Position? 2
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases into, txt, to
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Source <string>
The directory, filepath, or directory+searchmask
Required? false
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases src, s
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases wi
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). ResolveInputObjectFileNames ResolveInputObjectFileNames [[-InputObject] <Object>] [[-RelativeBasePath] <string>] [-File] [-AllDrives] [-PassThru] [-IncludeAlternateFileStreams] [-NoRecurse] [<CommonParameters>]
ResolveInputObjectFileNames [[-InputObject] <Object>] [[-Pattern] <string>] [[-RelativeBasePath] <string>] [-File] [-AllDrives] [-PassThru] [-IncludeAlternateFileStreams] [-NoRecurse] [<CommonParameters>]
ResolveInputObjectFileNames [[-InputObject] <Object>] [[-RelativeBasePath] <string>] [-File] [-AllDrives] [-Directory] [-FilesAndDirectories] [-PassThru] [-IncludeAlternateFileStreams] [-NoRecurse] [<CommonParameters>] -AllDrives
Search across all available drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Directory
Search for directories only
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name DirectoriesOnly
Aliases dir
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -File
Return only files
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FilesAndDirectories
Include both files and directories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name DirectoriesOnly
Aliases both
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -IncludeAlternateFileStreams
Include alternate data streams in search results
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases ads
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -InputObject <Object>
Input object containing file names or directories
Required? false
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases Path, FilePath, Input
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -NoRecurse
Do not recurse into subdirectories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -PassThru
Output matched items as objects
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases pt
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Pattern <string>
Regular expression pattern to search within content
Required? false
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases mc, matchcontent
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -RelativeBasePath <string>
Base path for resolving relative paths in output
Required? false
Position? 2
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases base
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Set-FoundLocation --> lcd Set-FoundLocation [-Name] <string> -InputObject <Object>
[-Category {Pictures | Videos | Music | Documents |
Spreadsheets | Presentations | Archives | Installers |
Executables | Databases | DesignFiles | Ebooks |
Subtitles | Fonts | EmailFiles | 3DModels | GameAssets |
MedicalFiles | FinancialFiles | LegalFiles | SourceCode
| Scripts | MarkupAndData | Configuration | Logs |
TextFiles | WebFiles | MusicLyricsAndChords |
CreativeWriting | Recipes | ResearchFiles}]
[-MaxDegreeOfParallelism <int>] [-TimeoutSeconds <int>]
[-AllDrives] [-File] [-DirectoriesAndFiles]
[-IncludeAlternateFileStreams] [-NoRecurse]
[-FollowSymlinkAndJunctions] [-IncludeOpticalDiskDrives]
[-SearchDrives <string[]>] [-DriveLetter <char[]>]
[-Root <string[]>] [-IncludeNonTextFileMatching]
[-CaseNameMatching {PlatformDefault | CaseSensitive |
CaseInsensitive}] [-SearchADSContent]
[-MaxRecursionDepth <int>] [-MaxFileSize <long>]
[-MinFileSize <long>] [-ModifiedAfter <datetime>]
[-ModifiedBefore <datetime>] [-AttributesToSkip {None |
ReadOnly | Hidden | System | Directory | Archive |
Device | Normal | Temporary | SparseFile | ReparsePoint
| Compressed | Offline | NotContentIndexed | Encrypted |
IntegrityStream | NoScrubData}] [-Exclude <string[]>]
[-Push] [-ExactMatch] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
Set-FoundLocation [-Name] <string> [[-Content] <string[]>]
[-Category {Pictures | Videos | Music | Documents |
Spreadsheets | Presentations | Archives | Installers |
Executables | Databases | DesignFiles | Ebooks |
Subtitles | Fonts | EmailFiles | 3DModels | GameAssets |
MedicalFiles | FinancialFiles | LegalFiles | SourceCode
| Scripts | MarkupAndData | Configuration | Logs |
TextFiles | WebFiles | MusicLyricsAndChords |
CreativeWriting | Recipes | ResearchFiles}]
[-MaxDegreeOfParallelism <int>] [-TimeoutSeconds <int>]
[-AllDrives] [-File] [-DirectoriesAndFiles]
[-IncludeAlternateFileStreams] [-NoRecurse]
[-FollowSymlinkAndJunctions] [-IncludeOpticalDiskDrives]
[-SearchDrives <string[]>] [-DriveLetter <char[]>]
[-Root <string[]>] [-IncludeNonTextFileMatching]
[-CaseNameMatching {PlatformDefault | CaseSensitive |
CaseInsensitive}] [-SearchADSContent]
[-MaxRecursionDepth <int>] [-MaxFileSize <long>]
[-MinFileSize <long>] [-ModifiedAfter <datetime>]
[-ModifiedBefore <datetime>] [-AttributesToSkip {None |
ReadOnly | Hidden | System | Directory | Archive |
Device | Normal | Temporary | SparseFile | ReparsePoint
| Compressed | Offline | NotContentIndexed | Encrypted |
IntegrityStream | NoScrubData}] [-Exclude <string[]>]
[-CaseSensitive] [-Culture <string>] [-Encoding {ASCII |
ANSI | BigEndianUnicode | BigEndianUTF32 | OEM | Unicode
| UTF7 | UTF8 | UTF8BOM | UTF8NoBOM | UTF32 | Default}]
[-NotMatch] [-SimpleMatch] [-Push] [-ExactMatch]
[-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>] -AllDrives
Search across all available drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -AttributesToSkip <FileAttributes>
File attributes to skip (e.g., System, Hidden or None).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases skipattr
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CaseNameMatching <MatchCasing>
Gets or sets the case-sensitivity for files and directories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases casing, CaseSearchMaskMatching
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CaseSensitive
Indicates that the cmdlet matches are case-sensitive. By default, matches aren't case-sensitive.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Category <string[]>
Only output files belonging to selected categories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases filetype
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Confirm
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases cf
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Content <string[]>
Regular expression pattern to search within file contents
Required? false
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases mc, matchcontent, regex, Pattern
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -Culture <string>
Specifies a culture name to match the specified pattern. The Culture parameter must be used with the SimpleMatch parameter. The default behavior uses the culture of the current PowerShell runspace (session).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -DirectoriesAndFiles
Include filename matching and change to folder of first found file
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases both, FilesAndDirectories
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -DriveLetter <char[]>
Optional: search specific drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Encoding <string>
Specifies the type of encoding for the target file. The default value is utf8NoBOM.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ExactMatch
When set, only exact name matches are considered. By default, wildcard matching is used unless the Name contains wildcard characters.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Exclude <string[]>
Exclude files or directories matching these wildcard patterns (e.g., *.tmp, *\\bin\\*).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases skiplike
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -File
Search for filenames only and change to folder of first found file
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases filename
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FollowSymlinkAndJunctions
Follow symlinks and junctions during directory traversal
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases symlinks, sl
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -IncludeAlternateFileStreams
Include alternate data streams in search results
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases ads
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -IncludeNonTextFileMatching
Include non-text files (binaries, images, etc.) when searching file contents
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases binary
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -IncludeOpticalDiskDrives
Include optical disk drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -InputObject <Object>
File name or pattern to search for from pipeline input. Default is '*'
Required? true
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Parameter set name InputObject
Aliases FullName
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -MaxDegreeOfParallelism <int>
Maximum degree of parallelism for directory tasks
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases threads
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxFileSize <long>
Maximum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means unlimited.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases maxlength, maxsize
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxRecursionDepth <int>
Maximum recursion depth for directory traversal. 0 means unlimited.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases md, depth, maxdepth
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MinFileSize <long>
Minimum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means no minimum.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases minsize, minlength
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ModifiedAfter <datetime>
Only include files modified after this date/time (UTC).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases ma, after
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ModifiedBefore <datetime>
Only include files modified before this date/time (UTC).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases before, mb
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Name <string>
File name or pattern to search for.
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases like, Path, LiteralPath, Query, SearchMask, Include
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -NoRecurse
Do not recurse into subdirectories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases nr
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -NotMatch
The NotMatch parameter finds text that doesn't match the specified pattern.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Push
Use Push-Location instead of Set-Location and push the location onto the location stack
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Root <string[]>
Optional: search specific base folders combined with provided Names
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SearchADSContent
When set, performs content search within alternate data streams (ADS). When not set, outputs ADS file info without searching their content.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases sads
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SearchDrives <string[]>
Optional: search specific drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases drives
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SimpleMatch
Indicates that the cmdlet uses a simple match rather than a regular expression match. In a simple match, Select-String searches the input for the text in the Pattern parameter. It doesn't interpret the value of the Pattern parameter as a regular expression statement.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -TimeoutSeconds <int>
Optional: cancellation timeout in seconds
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases maxseconds
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases wi
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Start-RoboCopy --> rc, xc Start-RoboCopy [-Source] <string> [[-DestinationDirectory]
<string>] [[-Files] <string[]>] [[-Override] <string>]
[-Mirror] [-Move] [-IncludeSecurity] [-SkipDirectories]
[-CopyOnlyDirectoryTreeStructureAndEmptyFiles]
[-SkipAllSymbolicLinks] [-SkipSymbolicFileLinks]
[-CopySymbolicLinksAsLinks] [-Force]
[-SkipFilesWithoutArchiveAttribute]
[-ResetArchiveAttributeAfterSelection]
[-FileExcludeFilter <string[]>] [-AttributeIncludeFilter
<string>] [-AttributeExcludeFilter <string>]
[-SetAttributesAfterCopy <string>]
[-RemoveAttributesAfterCopy <string>] [-MinFileSize
<int>] [-MaxFileSize <int>] [-MinFileAge <int>]
[-MaxFileAge <int>] [-MinLastAccessAge <int>]
[-MaxLastAccessAge <int>] [-RecoveryMode] [-MonitorMode]
[-MonitorModeThresholdMinutes <int>]
[-MonitorModeThresholdNrOfChanges <int>]
[-MonitorModeRunHoursFrom <int>]
[-MonitorModeRunHoursUntil <int>] [-LogFilePath
<string>] [-LogfileOverwrite] [-LogDirectoryNames]
[-LogAllFileNames] [-Unicode] [-LargeFiles]
[-MultiThreaded] [-CompressibleContent] [-WhatIf]
[-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
Start-RoboCopy [-Source] <string> [[-DestinationDirectory]
<string>] [[-Files] <string[]>] [[-Override] <string>]
[-Mirror] [-Move] [-IncludeSecurity]
[-SkipEmptyDirectories]
[-CopyOnlyDirectoryTreeStructure]
[-CopyOnlyDirectoryTreeStructureAndEmptyFiles]
[-SkipAllSymbolicLinks] [-SkipSymbolicFileLinks]
[-CopySymbolicLinksAsLinks] [-SkipJunctions]
[-CopyJunctionsAsJunctons] [-Force]
[-SkipFilesWithoutArchiveAttribute]
[-ResetArchiveAttributeAfterSelection]
[-FileExcludeFilter <string[]>] [-DirectoryExcludeFilter
<string[]>] [-AttributeIncludeFilter <string>]
[-AttributeExcludeFilter <string>]
[-SetAttributesAfterCopy <string>]
[-RemoveAttributesAfterCopy <string>]
[-MaxSubDirTreeLevelDepth <int>] [-MinFileSize <int>]
[-MaxFileSize <int>] [-MinFileAge <int>] [-MaxFileAge
<int>] [-MinLastAccessAge <int>] [-MaxLastAccessAge
<int>] [-RecoveryMode] [-MonitorMode]
[-MonitorModeThresholdMinutes <int>]
[-MonitorModeThresholdNrOfChanges <int>]
[-MonitorModeRunHoursFrom <int>]
[-MonitorModeRunHoursUntil <int>] [-LogFilePath
<string>] [-LogfileOverwrite] [-LogDirectoryNames]
[-LogAllFileNames] [-Unicode] [-LargeFiles]
[-MultiThreaded] [-CompressibleContent] [-WhatIf]
[-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>] -AttributeExcludeFilter <string>
Exclude files that have any of these attributes set [RASHCNETO]
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -AttributeIncludeFilter <string>
Copy only files that have all these attributes set [RASHCNETO]
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CompressibleContent
If applicable use compression when copying files between servers to safe bandwidth and time
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Confirm
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases cf
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CopyJunctionsAsJunctons
Instead of copying the content where junctions point to, copy the junctions themselves
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name SkipDirectories
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CopyOnlyDirectoryTreeStructure
Create directory tree only
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name SkipDirectories
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CopyOnlyDirectoryTreeStructureAndEmptyFiles
Create directory tree and zero-length files only
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CopySymbolicLinksAsLinks
Instead of copying the content where symbolic links point to, copy the links themselves
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -DestinationDirectory <string>
The destination directory to place the copied files and directories into.
If this directory does not exist yet, all missing directories will be created.
Default value = ".\"
Required? false
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -DirectoryExcludeFilter <string[]>
Exclude any directories that matches any of these names/paths/wildcards
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name SkipDirectories
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -FileExcludeFilter <string[]>
Exclude any files that matches any of these names/paths/wildcards
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -Files <string[]>
Optional searchmask for selecting the files that need to be copied.
Default value = '*'
Required? false
Position? 2
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -Force
Will copy all files even if they are older then the ones in the destination
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -IncludeSecurity
Will also copy ownership, security descriptors and auditing information of files and directories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -LargeFiles
Enables optimization for copying large files
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -LogAllFileNames
Include all scanned file names in output, even skipped onces
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -LogDirectoryNames
Include all scanned directory names in output
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -LogFilePath <string>
If specified, logging will also be done to specified file
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -LogfileOverwrite
Do not append to the specified logfile, but overwrite instead
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxFileAge <int>
Skip files that are older then: n days OR created after n date (if n < 1900 then n = n days, else n = YYYYMMDD date)
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxFileSize <int>
Skip files that are larger then n bytes
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxLastAccessAge <int>
Skip files that have not been accessed in: n days OR after n date (if n < 1900 then n = n days, else n = YYYYMMDD date)
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxSubDirTreeLevelDepth <int>
Only copy the top n levels of the source directory tree
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name SkipDirectories
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MinFileAge <int>
Skip files that are not at least: n days old OR created before n date (if n < 1900 then n = n days, else n = YYYYMMDD date)
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MinFileSize <int>
Skip files that are not at least n bytes in size
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MinLastAccessAge <int>
Skip files that are accessed within the last: n days OR before n date (if n < 1900 then n = n days, else n = YYYYMMDD date)
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Mirror
Synchronizes the content of specified directories, will also delete any files and directories in the destination that do not exist in the source
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MonitorMode
Will stay active after copying, and copy additional changes after a a default threshold of 10 minutes
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MonitorModeRunHoursFrom <int>
Run hours - times when new copies may be started, start-time, range 0000:2359
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MonitorModeRunHoursUntil <int>
Run hours - times when new copies may be started, end-time, range 0000:2359
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MonitorModeThresholdMinutes <int>
Run again in n minutes Time, if changed
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MonitorModeThresholdNrOfChanges <int>
Run again when more then n changes seen
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Move
Will move instead of copy all files from source to destination
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MultiThreaded
Optimize performance by doing multithreaded copying
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Override <string>
Overrides, Removes, or Adds any specified robocopy parameter.
Usage:
Add or replace parameter: -Override /SwitchWithValue:'SomeValue' -Override /Switch
Remove parameter: -Override -/Switch
Multiple overrides: -Override "/ReplaceThisSwitchWithValue:'SomeValue' -/RemoveThisSwitch /AddThisSwitch"
Required? false
Position? 3
Accept pipeline input? true (FromRemainingArguments)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -RecoveryMode
Will shortly pause and retry when I/O errors occur during copying
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -RemoveAttributesAfterCopy <string>
Will remove the given attributes from copied files [RASHCNETO]
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ResetArchiveAttributeAfterSelection
In addition of copying only files that have the archive attribute set, will then reset this attribute on the source
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SetAttributesAfterCopy <string>
Will set the given attributes to copied files [RASHCNETO]
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SkipAllSymbolicLinks
Do not copy symbolic links, junctions or the content they point to
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SkipDirectories
Copies only files from source and skips sub-directories (no recurse)
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name Default
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SkipEmptyDirectories
Does not copy directories if they would be empty
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name SkipDirectories
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SkipFilesWithoutArchiveAttribute
Copies only files that have the archive attribute set
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SkipJunctions
Do not copy directory junctions (symbolic link for a folder) or the content they point to
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name SkipDirectories
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SkipSymbolicFileLinks
Do not copy file symbolic links but do follow directory junctions
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Source <string>
The directory, filepath, or directory+searchmask
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Unicode
Output status as UNICODE
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases wi
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). WriteFileOutput WriteFileOutput [-CallerInvocation] <Object> [-Input] <Object> [-Prefix <string>] [-RelativeBasePath <string>] [-FullPaths] [<CommonParameters>] -CallerInvocation <Object>
The invocation information from the calling function
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FullPaths
Forces output to use full absolute paths instead of relative paths
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Input <Object>
The input object to process, which can be a file path or object
Required? true
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Prefix <string>
An optional string prefix to prepend to the output display for additional context
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -RelativeBasePath <string>
Base path for generating relative file paths in output
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). WriteJsonAtomic WriteJsonAtomic [-FilePath] <string> [-Data] <hashtable> [[-MaxRetries] <int>] [[-RetryDelayMs] <int>] [<CommonParameters>] -Data <hashtable>
Required? true
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FilePath <string>
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxRetries <int>
Required? false
Position? 2
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -RetryDelayMs <int>
Required? false
Position? 3
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Copy-IdenticalParamValues Copy-IdenticalParamValues [-BoundParameters] <Object[]>
[-FunctionName] <string> [[-DefaultValues] <Object>]
[<CommonParameters>] -BoundParameters <Object[]>
Source bound parameters to copy from
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -DefaultValues <Object>
Default values for parameters
Required? false
Position? 2
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FunctionName <string>
Target function name to filter parameters
Required? true
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Find-Item --> l Find-Item [[-Name] <string[]>] [[-RelativeBasePath]
<string>] [-Input <Object>] [-Category {Pictures |
Videos | Music | Documents | Spreadsheets |
Presentations | Archives | Installers | Executables |
Databases | DesignFiles | Ebooks | Subtitles | Fonts |
EmailFiles | 3DModels | GameAssets | MedicalFiles |
FinancialFiles | LegalFiles | SourceCode | Scripts |
MarkupAndData | Configuration | Logs | TextFiles |
WebFiles | MusicLyricsAndChords | CreativeWriting |
Recipes | ResearchFiles}] [-MaxDegreeOfParallelism
<int>] [-TimeoutSeconds <int>] [-AllDrives] [-Directory]
[-FilesAndDirectories] [-PassThru]
[-IncludeAlternateFileStreams] [-NoRecurse]
[-FollowSymlinkAndJunctions] [-IncludeOpticalDiskDrives]
[-SearchDrives <string[]>] [-DriveLetter <char[]>]
[-Root <string[]>] [-IncludeNonTextFileMatching]
[-NoLinks] [-CaseNameMatching {PlatformDefault |
CaseSensitive | CaseInsensitive}] [-SearchADSContent]
[-MaxRecursionDepth <int>] [-MaxSearchUpDepth <int>]
[-MaxFileSize <long>] [-MinFileSize <long>]
[-ModifiedAfter <datetime>] [-ModifiedBefore <datetime>]
[-AttributesToSkip {None | ReadOnly | Hidden | System |
Directory | Archive | Device | Normal | Temporary |
SparseFile | ReparsePoint | Compressed | Offline |
NotContentIndexed | Encrypted | IntegrityStream |
NoScrubData}] [-Exclude <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
Find-Item [[-Name] <string[]>] [[-Content] <string[]>]
[[-RelativeBasePath] <string>] [-Input <Object>]
[-Category {Pictures | Videos | Music | Documents |
Spreadsheets | Presentations | Archives | Installers |
Executables | Databases | DesignFiles | Ebooks |
Subtitles | Fonts | EmailFiles | 3DModels | GameAssets |
MedicalFiles | FinancialFiles | LegalFiles | SourceCode
| Scripts | MarkupAndData | Configuration | Logs |
TextFiles | WebFiles | MusicLyricsAndChords |
CreativeWriting | Recipes | ResearchFiles}]
[-MaxDegreeOfParallelism <int>] [-TimeoutSeconds <int>]
[-AllDrives] [-Directory] [-FilesAndDirectories]
[-PassThru] [-IncludeAlternateFileStreams] [-NoRecurse]
[-FollowSymlinkAndJunctions] [-IncludeOpticalDiskDrives]
[-SearchDrives <string[]>] [-DriveLetter <char[]>]
[-Root <string[]>] [-IncludeNonTextFileMatching]
[-NoLinks] [-CaseNameMatching {PlatformDefault |
CaseSensitive | CaseInsensitive}] [-SearchADSContent]
[-MaxRecursionDepth <int>] [-MaxSearchUpDepth <int>]
[-MaxFileSize <long>] [-MinFileSize <long>]
[-ModifiedAfter <datetime>] [-ModifiedBefore <datetime>]
[-AttributesToSkip {None | ReadOnly | Hidden | System |
Directory | Archive | Device | Normal | Temporary |
SparseFile | ReparsePoint | Compressed | Offline |
NotContentIndexed | Encrypted | IntegrityStream |
NoScrubData}] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-AllMatches]
[-CaseSensitive] [-Context <int[]>] [-Culture <string>]
[-Encoding {ASCII | ANSI | BigEndianUnicode |
BigEndianUTF32 | OEM | Unicode | UTF7 | UTF8 | UTF8BOM |
UTF8NoBOM | UTF32 | Default}] [-List] [-NoEmphasis]
[-NotMatch] [-Quiet] [-Raw] [-SimpleMatch]
[<CommonParameters>] -AllDrives
Search across all available drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -AllMatches
Indicates that the cmdlet searches for more than one match in each line of text. Without this parameter, Select-String finds only the first match in each line of text.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -AttributesToSkip <FileAttributes>
File attributes to skip (e.g., System, Hidden or None).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases skipattr
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CaseNameMatching <MatchCasing>
Gets or sets the case-sensitivity for files and directories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases casing, CaseSearchMaskMatching
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -CaseSensitive
Indicates that the cmdlet matches are case-sensitive. By default, matches aren't case-sensitive.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Category <string[]>
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases filetype
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Content <string[]>
Regular expression pattern to search within content
Required? false
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases mc, matchcontent, regex, Pattern
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -Context <int[]>
Captures the specified number of lines before and after the line that matches the pattern.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Culture <string>
Specifies a culture name to match the specified pattern. The Culture parameter must be used with the SimpleMatch parameter. The default behavior uses the culture of the current PowerShell runspace (session).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Directory
Search for directories only
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases dir
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -DriveLetter <char[]>
Optional: search specific drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Encoding <string>
Specifies the type of encoding for the target file. Supports Select-String compatible values and extended .NET encodings.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Exclude <string[]>
Exclude files or directories matching these wildcard patterns (e.g., *.tmp, *\bin\*).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases skiplike
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FilesAndDirectories
Include both files and directories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases both, DirectoriesAndFiles
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -FollowSymlinkAndJunctions
Follow symlinks and junctions during directory traversal
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases symlinks, sl
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -IncludeAlternateFileStreams
Include alternate data streams in search results
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases ads
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -IncludeNonTextFileMatching
Include non-text files when searching file contents
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases binary
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -IncludeOpticalDiskDrives
Include optical disk drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Input <Object>
File name or pattern to search for. Default is '*'
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases FullName
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -List
Only the first instance of matching text is returned from each input file. This is the most efficient way to retrieve a list of files that have contents matching the regular expression.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxDegreeOfParallelism <int>
Maximum degree of parallelism for directory tasks
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases threads
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxFileSize <long>
Maximum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means unlimited.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases maxlength, maxsize
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxRecursionDepth <int>
Maximum recursion depth for directory traversal. 0 means unlimited.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases md, depth, maxdepth
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MaxSearchUpDepth <int>
Maximum recursion depth for continuing searching upwards the tree for relative searches, while no items are found. 0 means disabled.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases maxupward
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -MinFileSize <long>
Minimum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means no minimum.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases minsize, minlength
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ModifiedAfter <datetime>
Only include files modified after this date/time (UTC).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases ma, after
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -ModifiedBefore <datetime>
Only include files modified before this date/time (UTC).
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases before, mb
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Name <string[]>
File name or pattern to search for. Default is '*'
Required? false
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases like, Path, LiteralPath, Query, SearchMask, Include
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? true -NoEmphasis
Disables highlighting of matching strings in output.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -NoLinks
Forces unattended mode and will not generate links
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases nl, ForceUnattenedMode
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -NoRecurse
Do not recurse into subdirectories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases nr
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -NotMatch
The NotMatch parameter finds text that doesn't match the specified pattern.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -PassThru
Output matched items as objects
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases pt
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Quiet
Indicates that the cmdlet returns a simple response instead of a MatchInfo object. The returned value is $true if the pattern is found or $null if the pattern is not found.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Raw
Causes the cmdlet to output only the matching strings, rather than MatchInfo objects. This is the results in behavior that's the most similar to the Unix grep or Windows findstr.exe commands.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -RelativeBasePath <string>
Base path for resolving relative paths in output
Required? false
Position? 2
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases base
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Root <string[]>
Optional: search specific directories
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SearchADSContent
When set, performs content search within alternate data streams (ADS). When not set, outputs ADS file info without searching their content.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases sads
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SearchDrives <string[]>
Optional: search specific drives
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases drives
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -SimpleMatch
Indicates that the cmdlet uses a simple match rather than a regular expression match. In a simple match, Select-String searches the input for the text in the Pattern parameter. It doesn't interpret the value of the Pattern parameter as a regular expression statement.
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name WithPattern
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -TimeoutSeconds <int>
Optional: cancellation timeout in seconds
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases maxseconds
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Move-ItemWithTracking Move-ItemWithTracking [-Path] <string> [-Destination]
<string> [-Force] [<CommonParameters>] -Destination <string>
Destination path to move to
Required? true
Position? 1
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Force
Overwrite destination if it exists
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Path <string>
Source path of file/directory to move
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases FullName
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Move-ToRecycleBin Move-ToRecycleBin [-Path] <string[]> [<CommonParameters>] -Path <string[]>
Specify the path(s) to move to the recycle bin
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases FullName
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Remove-OnReboot Remove-OnReboot [-Path] <string[]> [-MarkInPlace]
[<CommonParameters>] -MarkInPlace
Marks files for deletion without renaming
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases None
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -Path <string[]>
Path(s) to files/directories to mark for deletion
Required? true
Position? 0
Accept pipeline input? true (ByValue)
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases FullName
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Set-LocationParent --> .. Set-LocationParent [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>] -Confirm
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases cf
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases wi
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Set-LocationParent2 --> ... Set-LocationParent2 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] -Confirm
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases cf
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases wi
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Set-LocationParent3 --> .... Set-LocationParent3 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] -Confirm
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases cf
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases wi
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Set-LocationParent4 --> ..... Set-LocationParent4 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] -Confirm
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases cf
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases wi
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). Set-LocationParent5 --> ...... Set-LocationParent5 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] -Confirm
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases cf
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false -WhatIf
Required? false
Position? Named
Accept pipeline input? false
Parameter set name (All)
Aliases wi
Dynamic? false
Accept wildcard characters? false <CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).