I'm trying to find the powershell equivalent of this Windows shell command, except now I'm looking for files with today's date:
findstr /S /C:"Firmware version text" C:\Temp\Filename1* & findstr /S /C:"Class::Method1" C:\Temp\Filename1* & echo "FindingFailures in today files"
I'm testing this, and it's printing here and the dates, and filename, but it's not printing the text in the file. I know that what I'm looking for is in that file, since I found it running the windows shell command without the date part/powershell.
This is the powershell:
Set-Location -Path "C:\Temp\"
Get-Item Filename1* |
Foreach {
Write-Host "here"
$lastupdatetime=$_.LastWriteTime
$nowtime = get-date
Write-Host $nowtime.Date
Write-Host (Get-Date).Date
if ($nowtime.Date -eq (Get-Date).Date)
{
Write-Host $_.Name
if(Select-String -Path $_.Name -Pattern "'Firmware version text'" ) {write-host "Found Firmware version"}
if(Select-String -Path $_.Name -Pattern "'Class::Method1'" ) {write-host "Found Class::Method1"}
}
}
Running it, I see:
here
3/28/2023 12:00:00 am
3/28/2023 12:00:00 am
Filename1.txt
But it's not showing the lines in the file that I know are there. Any ideas how to get it to fix the issue with finding the text in the file(s) and print that it's found? Possibly print the line with that text from the file?
Update
Thank you Santiago, I'm trying to get the date portion to work, but it's finding older files and I just want today's dated files.
write-host "---start---"
write-host "get date:"(get-date).date
write-host "--find files in date next--"
Get-Item "C:\Temp\Filename1*" | Foreach {$_.Name;$_.LastWriteTime
Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime.date -ge (get-date).Date } |
Write-host $_.Name
write-host $_.LastWriteTime
Write-host "-----mid---"
#Select-String -path $_.Name -Pattern "'Firmware version text'"
#Select-Object Filename, LineNumber, Line, Path
}
Write-host "-----end---"
For this the printouts are:
--start--
get date: 3/282023 12:00:00 AM
--find files in date next--
Filename1.txt
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 3:57:15 PM
3/28/2023 3:57:15 PM
----mid--
Filename11.txt
Thursday, March 23, 2023 9:23:59 AM
3/23/2023 9:23:59 AM
---mid--
---end--
So it's finding an older file, but I just want files with today's date. Time today isn't important.
Update1:
I had tried exactly what Santiago had, but it wasn't working
Get-Item "C:\Temp\Filename1*" |
Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime.date -ge [datetime]::Today } |
Write-host $_.Name
error:
Write-host : The input object cannot be bound to any parameters for the command either because the command does not take pipeline input or the input and its properties do not match any of the parameters
that take pipeline input.
Update2
There are multiple files in the dir by that similar name, so maybe that's why Santiago's works but mine doesn't. Also, the time comparison isn't working for me that Santiago shows in his solution. I'm not sure how to get that to work and I'm not finding helpful results with an internet search. This is my current try:
$nowtime = (get-date).Date
write-host $nowtime
write-host "---start---"
write-host "get date:"(get-date).date
write-host "--find files in date next--"
Get-Item "C:\Temp\Filename1*" |
Foreach { $_.Name; write-host $_.LastWriteTime
Where-Object { $nowtime -eq $_.LastWriteTime.date } |
write-host "here"
Write-host $_.Name
}
which prints:
3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM ---start--- get date: 3/29/2023 12:00:00 AM --find files in date next-- filename11.txt 3/29/2023 8:58:09 AM filename11.txt filename13.txt 3/23/2023 9:23:59 AM filename13.txt
Update3 I'm trying exactly what Santiago is showing, and it's showing the error:
[datetime]::Today
write-host "---start---"
write-host "get date:"(get-date).date
write-host "--find files in date next--"
Get-Item "C:\Temp\Filename1*" |
Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime.date -ge [datetime]::Today } |
Select-String -path $_.Name -Pattern "'Firmware version text'" |
Select-Object Filename, LineNumber, Line, Path
Error:
Select-String : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
However the following is working for me:
Update4:
$nowtime = (get-date).Date
Get-Item "C:\Temp\Filename1*" |
Foreach { $lastupdatetime=$_.LastWriteTime $_.LastWriteTime
if ( $nowtime -eq $lastupdatetime.date ) {
Select-String -path $_.FullName -Pattern "Firmware version " |
Select-Object Filename, LineNumber, Line, Path;
if(Select-String -path $_.FullName -Pattern "Firmware version text2" )
{Select-String -path $_.FullName -Pattern "Class::Method1"}
}
}
Prints:
Filename LineNumber Line Path
-------- ---------- ---- ----
filename1.txt 10 01-17-2023 12:22:27 PM Firmware version : unknown C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt 46 01-17-2023 12:22:27 PM Firmware version : FW="K.02" C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 8 01-17-2023 12:22:17 PM Error in text1(): Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 11 Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 97 01-17-2023 12:22:40 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 176 01-17-2023 12:22:55 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 177 01-17-2023 12:23:10 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 180 01-17-2023 12:23:25 PM Error in text2::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 181 01-17-2023 12:23:40 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 182 01-17-2023 12:23:55 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 183 01-17-2023 12:24:10 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 184 01-17-2023 12:24:25 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 185 01-17-2023 12:24:40 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 186 01-17-2023 12:24:55 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 203 01-17-2023 12:25:10 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
filename1.txt.txt 206 01-17-2023 12:25:21 PM Error in text1::text2: Class::Method1() failed. C:\Temp\...
Note, there's multiple files in the dir with the correct name signature, but right now only one has today's date.
