Filtering File Extensions

Question

Is there a way to filter file extensions in Azure? As in how one can select certain file extensions in Windows Explorer. I am trying to download ONLY .sid files to the C Drive.

Answer 1

Hello Cooper, Tony

One way is to use the Azure Storage Explorer. The Azure Storage Explorer is a free tool that allows you to manage Azure Storage resources. To filter file extensions in the Azure Storage Explorer, follow these steps:

1. Open the Azure Storage Explorer.
2. Expand the node for the storage account that contains the files that you want to filter.
3. Expand the node for the container that contains the files that you want to filter.
4. In the search bar, enter the file extension that you want to filter. For example, to filter for all .sid files, you would enter .sid in the search bar.
5. Press Enter.

The Azure Storage Explorer will display a list of all the files in the container that have the specified file extension.

Another way to filter file extensions in Azure is to use the Azure PowerShell cmdlets. To filter file extensions using the Azure PowerShell cmdlets, you can use the Get-AzStorageFile cmdlet. The Get-AzStorageFile cmdlet allows you to retrieve a list of files in a storage container. To filter the list of files by file extension, you can use the -Filter parameter.

For example, to retrieve a list of all the .sid files in a storage container, you would use the following command:

Get-AzStorageFile -ContainerName my-container -Filter "*.sid"

This command will return a list of all the .sid files in the my-container container.

Once you have filtered the list of files, you can download the files to your local computer using the Download-AzStorageFileContent cmdlet.

To download all the .sid files in the list of files to the C drive, you would use the following command:

Download-AzStorageFileContent -ContainerName my-container -Filter "*.sid" -DestinationPath C:\

This command will download all the .sid files in the my-container container to the C drive.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.