Need help with powershell script to delete old .bak file

Question

Hi,

I am using PS to copy the latest .bak file from a network location to a local disk. I want that previous day's .bak must get deleted or overridden.

I have tried the below script but it does not work. Please help!!

# specify the network location and file pattern

$source = "\networkpath*.bak"

# specify the destination folder

$destination = "localdisk"

# get the latest .bak file from the network location

$latest = Get-ChildItem $source | Sort-Object LastWriteTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1

# copy the file to the destination folder, replacing the existing file if it exists

Copy-Item -Path $latest.FullName -Destination $destination -Verbose -Force

# delete old .bak

Get-ChildItem localdisk* -Include *.bak | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -le (Get-Date).AddDays(-1) } |

ForEach-Object { Remove-Item $_ } |

I have tried to use the delete command at the beginning of the script but that did not work either.

Answer 1

Double post

Answer 2

I have tried the below script but it does not work.

What error did you get? Does the script see the files on localdisk*?

Add troubleshooting statements to display what the script sees. Be sure to include a trailing asterisk on the path.

$bakFiles = Get-ChildItem c:\temp\* -Include *.bak | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -le (Get-Date).AddDays(-1) } 

"We found {0} bak files to delete." -f $bakFiles.count 
$bakFiles | ForEach-Object { 
    "Deleting {0}" -f $_.FullName
    Remove-Item $_ -whatif
}