New-Item PowerShell directory tree with multiple directories

Question

I know how to use New-Item in PowerShell so I can create some directories. But can I in anyway make this code shorter?

New-Item 'c:\drivers\Windows\Network\32bit PowerShell' -Type Directory
New-Item 'c:\drivers\Windows\Network\64bit PowerShell' -Type Directory
New-Item 'c:\drivers\Windows\Sound\32bit PowerShell' -Type Directory
New-Item 'c:\drivers\Windows\Sound\64bit PowerShell' -Type Directory
New-Item 'c:\drivers\Utility' -Type Directory
New-Item 'c:\drivers\Software' -Type Directory

As you can see I'm trying to create this directory tree:

C:\drivers
├─Windows
│ ├─Network
│ │ ├─32bit PowerShell
│ │ └─64bit PowerShell
│ └─Sound
│   ├─32bit PowerShell
│   └─64bit PowerShell
├─Utility
└─Software

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '18 at 17:15

1

Make a list of paths and feed it into New-Item:

$folders = 'C:\drivers\Windows\Network\32bit PowerShell',
           'C:\drivers\Windows\Network\64bit PowerShell',
           ...

$folders | ForEach-Object {
    New-Item -Path $_ -Type Directory
}

answered Jan 06 '18 at 17:15

Ansgar Wiechers

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A ForEach-Object can work, but it was all the directories/folder paths that I wonder, if there was any way too make shorter :-) If not then thx. for the solution. – Thomas BP Jan 06 '18 at 17:33
For the sample structure you've described I don't see a way to shorten that. Maybe put the list of paths in a file and read that file with `Get-Content`, but that's about it. – Ansgar Wiechers Jan 06 '18 at 18:10
Ditto on what Ansgar says. I like a challenge, so, I tried, and achieved the result you are after, but it took 27 lines of code (minus comments and line spaces) and I ended up with 2 ForEach and 2 If statements because if the needed brancing, which is far more complicated than the proposed options. – postanote Jan 07 '18 at 02:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '22 at 12:45

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New-Item can consume multiple paths as list:

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path `
'c:\drivers\Utility','c:\drivers\Software', `
'c:\drivers\Windows\Network\32bit PowerShell', `
'c:\drivers\Windows\Network\64bit PowerShell', `
'c:\drivers\Windows\Sound\32bit PowerShell', `
'c:\drivers\Windows\Sound\64bit PowerShell'

answered Jun 06 '22 at 12:45

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New-Item PowerShell directory tree with multiple directories

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