Return count of items deleted using Get-ChildItem with Remove-Item

Question

I am successfully deleting files as expected using the below command; however, I\'d like to get a count of the items deleted.

Get-ChildItem $dPath -Filter \"*.bl         


        

Answer 1

Collect the items in a variable, get the count of that list, then remove the items:

$items = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Filter "*.blah"
$cnt   = $items.Count
$items | Remove-Item

or count the items that were successfully deleted:

$cnt = 0
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Filter "*.blah" | ForEach-Object {
  Remove-Item $_.FullName
  if ($?) { $cnt++ }
}

Answer 2

You can write the FileInfo returned by Get-ChildItem to the output pipeline after deleting them:

Get-ChildItem -Path $path | 
   ForEach-Object { Remove-Item $_; Write-Output $_} | 
   Measure-Object