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Asked: 2026-06-13T09:25:33+00:00

Something wrong with my IF-ELSE statement and my dumb brain cannot figure out what

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Something wrong with my IF-ELSE statement and my dumb brain cannot figure out what the heck it is!

If I run the below code on its own it shows each directory and files in there in the below format:

get-childitem E:\LogArchive -recurse | where-object {$_.lastwritetime -gt 60}

Format of output:

    Directory: E:\LogArchive\W3SVC100


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-----        29/03/2007     15:03        663 ex070329.log.gz
-----        30/03/2007     15:44        860 ex070330.log.gz
-----        03/04/2007     13:41        354 ex070403.log.gz
-----        05/04/2007     14:00        704 ex070405.log.gz
-----        10/04/2007     17:56        921 ex070410.log.gz
-----        11/04/2007     14:55        987 ex070411.log.gz
-----        12/04/2007     15:12        539 ex070412.log.gz

However, when this is run in a code it shows as the below, WITHOUT all the folder structure and dates etc:

W3SVC100
W3SVC102
W3SVC105
W3SVC106
W3SVC1108492480
W3SVC112
W3SVC116
W3SVC118
W3SVC1209046175
W3SVC123110214
W3SVC1262336480
W3SVC127
W3SVC134
W3SVC134239081
W3SVC137
W3SVC139
W3SVC145
W3SVC147
W3SVC1499983181
W3SVC15

How do I get the first results when the below script is run – so show all the modified date, last write time etc . I am currently inputting a message to the user if no files are found in the date range then a message is displayed – however, if it did find anyfiles then display them as listed in the first output type…….

I actually think the fault is on this line but cannot figure out how to amend this:

if ( $runchilditem.lastwritetime -gt DateToCompare)

……In fact – I want to put the output to CSV – any ideas how I can do this?

CODE:

$path = Read-Host "Please enter the path of the folder yu wish to check - this will check sub-folders as well"
Write-Host "`n"
$days = Read-Host "Please enter in number of DAYS you wish to go back"

$DateToCompare = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$days)

$runningtrue = Get-ChildItem $path -Recurse | where-object {$_.lastwritetime -gt $DateToCompare}

Write-Host "`n"
$runchilditem = @(Get-ChildItem $path -Recurse)
    if ( $runchilditem.lastwritetime -gt DateToCompare) 
        {
            Write-Host "No Files Matching Date Criteria Found"
        }
    else
        {
            $runningtrue
        }
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  1. Editorial Team

    If I understand your need, here is how I would do it:

    $path = Read-Host 'Path'
[int]$dayDiff = Read-Host 'Number of days to go back'
$offset = $dayDiff * -1
$files = Get-ChildItem $path -Recurse | Where-Object{$_.LastWriteTime -gt (Get-Date).AddDays($offset)}
if(($files.Count -eq 0) -OR ($files -eq $null)){
    'There are no files after {0} in {1}' -f (Get-Date).AddDays($offset), $path
}else{
    $files
    $files | Export-CSV C:\PATH\TO\FILE.csv -NoTypeInfo
}
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