Powershell Script to count .txt files only in a directory

Question

My goal is to send email to some users to notify about the current count of the files inside some folder directories.

I need to count files only with .

Answer 1

I found the following workaround

1. by using -filter instead of -include

just remove the -recurse to exclude subdirectories files in counting and use -filter instead of -include

$path = "D:\LIVE"

 $total = Get-ChildItem $path  -File -filter *.txt |Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime} | Measure-Object | ForEach-Object{$_.Count}

2. using get-Item instead of Get-ChildItem with -include

-Filter is limited to using one paramter, so if you want to use -include to use as many searching parameter as you can, use Get-Item instead of get-childItem

just add * (when no path is declared) or * appending to the existing path

$path = "D:\LIVE\*"

 $total = Get-Item $path -include *.txt, *.xml  |Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime} | Measure-Object | ForEach-Object{$_.Count}