Question

When ever I run the below AND there are no .csv files I get an error stating the path is null – which it is as there is nothing there to delete…it does NOT stop the script but I get users thinking there is something wrong as powershell loves to show RED characters and that freaks people out!

How do I let the script run but suppress the error?

CODE:

filter removeallcsv([string]$path = '.')
    {
        Get-ChildItem $path | Where-Object {$_.Extension -eq ".csv"} | Foreach-Object {$_.fullName}
    }


Remove-Item (removeallcsv)

Answer 1

You can use an If statement:

$files = removeallcsv

if ($files) { Remove-Item $files } else {"nothing to delete"}

One liner:

 if ( ($files=removeallcsv)) { Remove-Item $files } else {"nothing to delete"}