Wildcard in PowerShell - skip over directory

Question

Hello Team!

I am new to PowerShell and would appreciate it if you can assist me with the following.

I have these lines of codes that check whether or not the FinancialData directory is empty. Based on the directory status, the codes will return a message. Everything is working as designed; however, I would like to use a wildcard in the place of \Report\ in the path, because it will not always be that directory. Based on the software installed, the "Report" directory can be anything and there are several software configuration that can be installed and the folder will be different for each. So, I am stuck and need your assistance.

Is the FinancialData directory empty?

if( (Get-ChildItem "C:\ProgramData\Company\Files\Report\FinancialData" | Measure-Object).Count -eq 0)
{
echo "FinancialData directory is empty" | Out-File -FilePath C:\Company_QA_Audit_Log.txt -Append
} else { echo "FinancialData directory is not empty" | Out-File -FilePath C:\Company_QA_Audit_Log.txt -Append
}

Thanks so much for the help.

Answer 1

See if something like this works for you:

Get-ChildItem "C:\ProgramData\Company\Files\*" -Directory -Recurse |  
    Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "FinancialData"} |  
        ForEach-Object {          
            if ( (Get-ChildItem $_.FullName | Measure-Object).Count -eq 0) {  
                "FinancialData directory '$($_.FullName)' is empty "  
            }  
            else {  
                "FinancialData directory $($_.FullName) is not empty"  
            }  
        } | Out-File -FilePath C:\Company_QA_Audit_Log.txt -Append