Powershell - remove old files and folders
Remove files older than X days, and remove empty folders.
1# set folder path
2$dump_path = "c:\Temp\remove-files-ps"
3
4# set min age of files
5$max_days = "-20"
6
7# get the current date
8$curr_date = Get-Date
9
10# determine how far back we go based on current date
11$del_date = $curr_date.AddDays($max_days)
12echo $del_date
13
14# delete the files
15Get-ChildItem $dump_path -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $del_date } | Remove-Item
16#Get-ChildItem $dump_path -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $del_date } | echo
17
18(gci $dump_path -r | ? {$_.PSIsContainer -eq $True}) | ? {$_.GetFiles().Count -eq 0} | Remove-Item
19#(gci $dump_path -r | ? {$_.PSIsContainer -eq $True}) | ? {$_.GetFiles().Count -eq 0} | echo