File Count Powershell

I don't see a way that you script says "last X hours."  I would expect something more like:

$HoursAgo = 1

$MatchingFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -File | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -gt ( Get-Date ).AddHours(-$HoursAgo) }

Hi KMSigma,

Thanks for the replay.

So you would do something like ?

$path = '\\server\path\'

$HoursAgo = 8

$files = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -gt (Get-Date).AddHours(-$HoursAgo) }

$f_names = [System.String]::Join('|',$files) 

$msg = 'Last File: '+ $f_names

Write-Host $msg

Write-Host "File Count:" ( Get-ChildItem \\server\path\ ).Count;

The output is okay, but when I test it I get an Output Result Error: Get Output Failed

Thank you very much!

You need to at least three outputs from any PowerShell script. (Details here)

1. Message (via Write-Host "Message: Your result is 11" )
2. Statistic (via Write-Host "Statistic: 11" )
3. An Exit Code (via exit $ExitCode (where $ExitCode is a number representing 0 = "Up", 1 = "Down", 2 = "Warning", 3 = "Critical", {else} = "Unknown") )

Here's a simple implementation that I went with:

$Path = "\\NOCFTP01v\WebRoot"
$HoursAgo = 8
# try..catch..finally block
# try to do the stuff in the try block
# only if you get an error, go to the catch block
# regardless of what happens, run the finally block
try
{
    $Files = Get-ChildItem -Path $Path | Where-Object { $_.CreationTime -gt ( Get-Date ).AddHours( -$HoursAgo ) }
    $ExitCode = 0 # Up
    $Message = "Message: Last File(s): $( $Files.Name -join '|' )"
    $Statistic = "Statistic: $( $Files.Count )"
}
catch
{
    $ExitCode = 1 # Down
    $Message = "Message: Error recieved: $( $Error[0].ErrorDetails )"
    $Statistic = "Statistic:"
}
finally
{
    Write-Host $Message
    Write-Host $Statistic
    exit $ExitCode
}​

I'm trying to do the same thing. Were you able to get a script that worked?