Question

I would like to use power shell to loop all subfolders and run all the files in it. But, if my root contain 3 subfolders, I would like to loop and list it accordingly to the sequence where : Subfolder C , Subfolder B and Subfoder A so that the file execution will run according to the sequence ( C–>B–>A) .

Below is my coding, Please advise me on this. Thank you so much.

Get-ChildItem -path "C:\Root\subfolders\" -recurse -Filter *.sql |
foreach-object -process { $.FullName }| ForEach-Object { sqlcmd -i $ }

Answer 1

You could sort the list of .sql files to run by the name of their parent folder before executing them using the Sort-Object cmdlet:

Get-ChildItem "C:\Root" -Recurse -Filter *.sql | `
Sort-Object -Property DirectoryName -Descending | `
Foreach-Object -Process { sqlcmd -i $.FullName }