Why file management is core to scripting in PowerShell - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to list all files in the current directory.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem [1]

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A-Path .

B-File

C-Recurse

D-Name

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Common Mistakes

Using -File alone lists only files, but no path specified.

Using -Recurse lists files in all subfolders, not just current.

The -Path . option tells PowerShell to look in the current directory.

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medium

Complete the code to create a new folder named 'Scripts'.

PowerShell

New-Item -ItemType Directory -Name [1]

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A'Files'

B'Scripts'

C'Documents'

D'Data'

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Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around the folder name.

Using wrong folder name.

The -Name 'Scripts' creates a folder named 'Scripts'.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to copy 'file.txt' to 'backup.txt'.

PowerShell

Copy-Item -Path [1] -Destination 'backup.txt'

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A'file.txt'

B'file_backup.txt'

C'backup.txt'

D'file'

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Common Mistakes

Swapping source and destination names.

Missing quotes around file names.

The -Path must be the source file, which is 'file.txt'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to move all '.txt' files to the 'Archive' folder.

PowerShell

Move-Item -Path [1] -Destination [2]

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A'*.txt'

B'*.csv'

C'Archive'

D'Backup'

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong file pattern like '*.csv'.

Using wrong destination folder name.

'*.txt' selects all text files, and 'Archive' is the destination folder.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary of file names and their sizes for '.log' files.

PowerShell

$files = Get-ChildItem -Filter [1] | ForEach-Object { @{ [2] = $_.Name; [3] = $_.Length } }

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A'*.log'

B'Name'

C'Size'

D'*.txt'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong filter pattern.

Mixing up dictionary keys.

'*.log' filters log files, 'Name' and 'Size' are keys for file name and size.