I have following folders inside the "clients" directory
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Default
Delaware
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Maine
I have an array and it has following items:
Write-Host "Printing the array "
$ExcludeArray
Output----
"Arizona",
"California"
I'm trying to list the folders inside C:\Users\santhu\Desktop\Clients and exclude the folders in my $ExcludeArray array using following command.
Get-Childitem C:\Users\santhu\Desktop\Clients -Force -Exclude $ExcludeArray
It seems the exclude is not working as expected. I believe the reason could be the items in $ExcludeArray are not in same line. Can someone please suggest me if there is any way to convert them to same line and filter the folders?
FYI: the $ExcludeArray items are not static. I cannot write something like $ExcludeArray = "Arizona","California". I'm expecting following output.
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Connecticut
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Default
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Delaware
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Florida
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Hawaii
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Idaho
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Iowa
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Maine
d---- 3/20/2017 12:15 PM Minnesota
Try this:
Get-Childitem C:\Users\santhu\Desktop\Clients\* -Force -Exclude $ExcludeArray
The exclude and include switch is a bit tricky here. It works on the last mentioned path. So wildcard should do your work. Make sure you are not having any double quotes inside the array.