Code to remove the files from a particular directory using powershell

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I have log files being created in one of my log directory through a powershell. I want to incorporate in the powershell itself a piece of code that will delete the log files from the directory that are logged a couple of days before.

My requirement is my log files should be present only for two days back from current day and rest should be deleted automatically as the powershell runs.

my log files names are as follows which has a time stamp at the end:

abc_log.2013_06_25_17_39_21.log

Could anyone please help me in sorting this out with their valuable piece of code?

Hi All, The below code worked fine $hours=(Get-Date).Addhours(-24) $abc=get-childitem D:\temp\arun\Log\ -include *.log -recurse |Where {$_.LastWriteTime -le "$hours"}| Remove-Item — user2075017
– user2075017, Commented Jun 27, 2013 at 10:42

Shay Levy · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-26 11:48:33Z

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The basic idea is to compare the file's creation date to a specific date time.

$old = (Get-Date).AddDays(-2)

Get-ChildItem $path -Filter *.log | 
Where-Object {!$_.PSIsContainer -and $old -ge $_.CreationTime} | 
Remove-Item

edited Jun 26, 2013 at 11:48

answered Jun 26, 2013 at 11:14

Shay Levy

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Shay Levy Over a year ago

What do you want to do with the time stamp of your file?

user2075017 Over a year ago

Just thought if we can write a code using the timestamp tail of the log files.That's ok.. When i tried to check the files using the above command as below i am getting the output as below: PS D:\Temp\Arun> Get-ChildItem D:\temp\arun\Log\ -Filter *.log |Where-Object {$_.creationTime -ge ((Get-Date).AddDays(-1))} This is retrieving todays files too.

Shay Levy Over a year ago

Get date is getting today date -24 hours so it depends when did you execute it.

user2075017 Over a year ago

I had executed it now itself and my folder has the files since yesterday..But when i execute this command it is retrieving todays date files too.

user2075017 Over a year ago

..Not sure why i am unable to retrieve the records for the previous days using the command :------> Get-ChildItem D:\temp\arun\Log\ -Filter *.log |Where-Object {$_.creationTime -ge ((Get-Date).AddDays(-1))}

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mchist · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04 10:50:38Z

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Not powershell tool, but for the practical purposes you may use DELOLDER utility, which can erase files older then specifed age. You may determine file for erasing only some extensions also, and whether it removing with containig old files folder or old files only.

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 10:50

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