You can use the Get-ChildItem
to get the list of
files and directories.
Mode
LastWriteTime Length
Name
----
------------- ------
----
d-----
2019-08-19 10:42 AM APPDATA output
d-----
2019-08-12 3:18 PM AWS
-a----
2019-08-16 12:35 PM 15806 AppDataSize.csv
-a----
2019-08-28 3:39 PM 15358 Appwiz.txt
The
Length object gives the size of the file, however that to get the size of the
folder, we can use the -Recurse
to dive deep into the folder to get the details
PowerShell Code:
Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Temp\APPDATA output'
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
----
------------- ------
----
-a----
2019-08-16 12:35 PM 15806 AppDataSize.csv
-a----
2019-08-16 1:12 PM 3909 AppDataSize2.csv
-a----
2019-08-16 3:33 PM 2744 AppDataSize2_User2.csv
-a----
2019-08-16 5:18 PM 10737 AppDataSize_User.csv
-a----
2019-08-15 10:42 AM 2745 finalappdata.ps1
-a----
2019-08-16 1:12 PM 34616 output.txt
PowerShell Code:
Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Temp\APPDATA output'|
Measure-Object -Property
Length -sum
Count : 6
Average :
Sum : 70557
Maximum :
Minimum :
Property : Length
PowerShell Code:
#Get the folder size and store it in the $Folder Variable
$Folder=Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Temp\APPDATA output'|
Measure-Object -Property
Length -sum
| Select sum
#Converting them to a decimal number with the Size in MB
$FolderSize="{0:N2}" -f ($Folder.Sum / 1MB) + " MB"
Echo "Folder
Size = $FolderSize"
Folder Size = 0.07 MB
To
get the size of a folder in remote location we can use the same command and
give the path of the location
PowerShell Code:
#Get the folder size and store it in the $Folder Variable
$Folder=Get-ChildItem -Path '\\server1\Temp\APPDATA output'| Measure-Object -Property Length
-sum | Select sum
#Converting them to a decimal number with the Size in MB
$FolderSize="{0:N2}" -f ($Folder.Sum / 1MB) + " MB"
Echo "Folder
Size = $FolderSize"
