Add files via upload

Author: janvanderwijk

RemoveALargeNumberOfFilesInDirectory.ps1

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+$limit = (Get-Date).AddDays(-7)
+$path = "<DirectoryWhereFilesNeedToBeDeleted>"
+Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -Force | Where-Object { !$_.PSIsContainer -and $_.CreationTime -lt $limit } | Remove-Item -Force -WhatIf
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+# -7 Means delete files older than 7 days. 
+# $path is the path of the directory where you'd like to delete the files
+# -Recurse can be removed in order to not recurse in directories
+# -WhatIf Means that you are only testing the deletion. To check for any errors. Remove this option to actually delete the files
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+# The advantage is that deleting over 100.000 files in a directory using the Windows Explorer, is terribly slow!
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+Shorter version in a oneliner: 
+# Get-ChildItem -path <DirectoryWhereFilesNeedToBeDeleted> | where {$_.Lastwritetime -lt (date).adddays(-7)} | remove-item