How to delete all the files in a folder except read-only files?

Question

I would like to delete all the files and subfolders from a folder except read-only files.

How to do it using powershell?

Answer 1

Check the attribute of each folder and file and then do a conditional based deletion. This is just the pseudo code.

If (-not (a readonly file)) {
delete file
}

So, to check if a given file or folder is readonly:

$item = Get-Item C:\Scripts\Test.txt
$item.IsReadOnly

HTH