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Getting Number of Events in EventLog via Powershell

My goal is to get the amount of EventLog Entries of a specific Log with a small powershell script. The amount should be converted to a variable.

Now I am at a point that I really dont know how to accomplish this. Can you help? Maybe there is an Option in Get-WinEvent?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Solution

  • Sure, the -ListLog parameter will help you get a count. Here are some examples

    A specific log (eg: Application)

    $ApplicationLogsCount = (Get-WinEvent -ListLog Application).RecordCount

    All logs

    $AllLogs = Get-WinEvent -ListLog * | Select LogName,RecordCount

    All non-empty logs

    $AllNonEmptyLogs = Get-WinEvent -ListLog * | Select LogName,RecordCount | Where-Object -Property RecordCount -gt 0

    References

    Get-WinEvent