Windows 10: "dir" like PowerShell script for wrting to a text file

I think I must have re-re-invented a wheel, but I couldn't find such a script.I hope this will help someone lacking the search skill it's me .This is for writing to a text file, not showing in the console.So I didn't use Alignment="Right" and FormatString.dir.ps1:# sp81 has 81 spaces.$sp81 = ' '$a = Get-ChildItem -Path $args[0]ForEach $b in $a{ $width = 80 If $b.Attributes -Like '*Directory*' { $c1 = $b.FullName + '\' } Else { $c1 = $b.FullName } $c2 = $c1.Length $c3 = $sp81 + $c1 $c4 = $c3.Length $c5 =

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How do I unzip many files to new respective folders?

Powershell has an option to Compress and Expand archives.

I would suggest writing a script in Powershell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment) and saving the script for future calls.

A good book to read on learning Powershell is "PowerShell in a Month of Lunches". It might seem like a drag but it is a good place to start and get a handle on the concepts of how Powershell works and how to get support from Powershell

as a starter you could try something simple like:

#get the list of zip files from the current directory

$dir = dir *.zip

#go through each zip file in the directory variable

foreach($item in $dir)

{

Expand-Archive -Path $item -DestinationPath ($item -replace '.zip','') -Force

}

 

Batch File to list files from two seperat networks

Hello,

I work in a factory where multiple PCs are on seperate VLANs. I need to view contents of a directory from one VLAN called "Admin" and compare it with individual directories from multiple PCs on another VLAN called "Shop" ("Shop" is not part of the Domain)

I have created a VB script that will compare two txt files and report the diffences. So I am trying to create two text files from each VLAN using a batch file. The batch file will be ran from a PC with two network cards so it can see both VLANs.

I can easily create the list from the "Admin" network using:
dir /b \\Server\Share\ > Active.txt

The "Shop" list is different. It needs a username and password. All Shop PCs have the same user name and password but I'm not sure how to structure the script to create a list from multiple PCs using a user name and password.
If I open the folders from Windows and enter the credentials then a script like this will work:
dir /b \\PC_Name1\Share > Programs.txt
dir /b \\PC_Name2\Share >> Programs.txt

Using the command above without first opening the folder and entering the credentials gives this error: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Powershell command file to automatically list file/folder names

I used "dir /b > file.txt" in a shift+right-click command prompt window to get the result I needed. Now, shift+right-click only shows the option for Powershell. I don't necessarily want to edit the registry to change that so I'm trying to adapt. In Powershell, using the command "ls | % Name file.txt" does the trick but there's two things I want to be able to do...

1) Double-click a single command file to run the script and automatically generate the text file I need
2) Have the script ignore the "file.txt" and the command file itself (because it adds "file.txt" to the list, which I don't need)

I have tried making a .ps1 file but my knowledge is very limited on using Powershell and I can't get it work exactly how I need. I don't need anything from the list other than the file/folder name itself (no properties such as size, type, etc.) Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!