Log cleanup automation in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to list all files in the Logs folder.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Logs' [1]

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A-Recurse

B-Directory

C-File

D-Hidden

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Common Mistakes

Using -Directory lists folders, not files.

Using -Recurse lists files in subfolders, which is not needed here.

The -File parameter lists only files, which is needed to clean up log files.

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medium

Complete the code to delete files older than 30 days.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Logs' -File | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime [1] (Get-Date).AddDays(-30) } | Remove-Item

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A-gt

B-lt

C-eq

D-ne

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Common Mistakes

Using -gt deletes files newer than 30 days, which is wrong.

Using -eq or -ne does not filter by age properly.

Files with LastWriteTime less than 30 days ago are older than 30 days and should be deleted.

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hard

Fix the error in the script to avoid deleting files without confirmation.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Logs' -File | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime [1] (Get-Date).AddDays(-7) } | Remove-Item [2]

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A-lt

B-Confirm

C-Force

D-Recurse

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using -Confirm causes a prompt, which is not desired.

Using -Recurse is unnecessary for files only.

Use -lt to select files older than 7 days and -Force to delete without confirmation.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a script that logs deleted file names to a text file.

PowerShell

$deletedFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Logs' -File | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime [1] (Get-Date).AddDays(-10) }
$deletedFiles | Remove-Item -Force
$deletedFiles | Select-Object -ExpandProperty [2] | Out-File 'C:\Logs\deleted_files.txt'

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A-lt

BName

CFullName

D-gt

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using Name logs only file names without paths.

Using -gt selects newer files, which is incorrect.

Use -lt to select files older than 10 days and FullName to log full file paths.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a script that archives logs older than 15 days and deletes originals.

PowerShell

$oldLogs = Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\Logs' -File | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime [1] (Get-Date).AddDays(-15) }
Compress-Archive -Path $oldLogs.[2] -DestinationPath 'C:\Archive\logs_[3].zip'
$oldLogs | Remove-Item -Force

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A-lt

BFullName

C(Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd')

DName

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using Name instead of FullName causes archive errors.

Using -gt selects newer files, which is wrong.

Not using a date in the archive name causes overwriting.

Use -lt to select old files, FullName for full paths to archive, and a date string for the archive name.