Lets say you have a bunch of files in nested folders but you just want the folders not the file or drive
Our files look like this
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup C:\Scripts\HyperV\attachdisks.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\get-mountedvhdDrive.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\invoke-CIMshutdown.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\set-loopbackswitch.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Set-NestedVirtualisation.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\set-realswitch.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Start-AllWindowsVMs.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Stop-AllVMs.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Stop-Lab.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\test-HotfixIpresence.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\Copy-Updates.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\Get-LicenseStatus.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\Install-RollUp.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\New-VirtualMachine.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\SCsetup.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\Set-VMconfig1.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\Set-VMconfig2.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\setup (2).ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\setup.ps1 C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup\sysprep.txt
You can strip out the file names using Split-Path and the –Parent parameter
PS> Get-ChildItem .\HyperV\ -Recurse | foreach {Split-Path -Path $_.Fullname -Parent }
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
C:\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
Split-Path also has a –NoQualifier parameter that strips of the drive – unfortunately its in a different parameter set to –Parent BUT you can use a pipeline
PS> Get-ChildItem .\HyperV\ -Recurse | foreach {Split-Path -Path $_.Fullname -Parent | Split-Path -NoQualifier }
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
\Scripts\HyperV\Setup
If you just want the folders and don’t care about the files try
PS> Get-ChildItem -Path .\ -Recurse -Directory |
where FullName -Like "*HyperV*" |
foreach {Split-Path -Path $_.Fullname -Parent | Split-Path -NoQualifier }
\Scripts
\Scripts\HyperV
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