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<# | |
.Synopsis | |
Performs a basic filename search throughout a directory | |
.DESCRIPTION | |
Performs a basic filename search throughout a directory and returns matching file names | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Search-Filename -Path "C:\Windows\System32" -Pattern "*.dll" | |
.EXAMPLE | |
Search-Filename "document.txt" -Recurse | |
#> | |
function Search-Filename | |
{ | |
param( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] | |
[ValidateScript({Test-Path -Path $_ -PathType Container})] | |
[string] | |
$Path = ".\", | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true,Position=0)] | |
[string] | |
$Pattern, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)] | |
[switch] | |
$Recurse | |
) | |
if($Recurse) | |
{ | |
$SearchOption = [System.IO.SearchOption]::AllDirectories | |
} | |
else | |
{ | |
$SearchOption = [System.IO.SearchOption]::TopDirectoryOnly | |
} | |
$IllegalChars = [char[]]'^\/:"<>|' | |
foreach($c in ([char[]]$Pattern)) | |
{ | |
if($IllegalChars -contains $c) | |
{ | |
throw [System.IO.IOException]"$Pattern contains illegal character $c" | |
return $false | |
} | |
} | |
$Directory = Get-Item -Path $Path | |
try{ | |
[System.IO.Directory]::GetFiles($Directory.FullName,$Pattern,$SearchOption) | |
} | |
catch{ | |
Write-Error $_ | |
} | |
} |
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Yes, this implementation suffers from that as well :( ... I might try something like this: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/ae61e5a6-97f9-4eaa-9f1a-856541c6dcce/directorygetfiles-gives-me-access-denied (The Stack example)