I was recently looking for a ‘poor man’ version of Treesize so I could quickly determine an unusually large log file on a server. Powershell came to the rescue, but there is a little more work to be done with the script or it crashes out Powershell during execution for me.
The below is from the script center
# ---------------------------------------------------------
# ScriptingGamesBeginnerEvent8_PS1.ps1
# ed wilson, msft 8/21/2009
# PS1 version of HSG-08-19-09 http://bit.ly/1d8Rww
#
# ---------------------------------------------------------
Param(
[string]$path = "c:\fso",
[int]$first = 5
)# end param
# *** Function Here ***function Get-DirSize ($path){
BEGIN {}
PROCESS{
$size = 0
$folders = @()
foreach ($file in (Get-ChildItem $path -Force -ea SilentlyContinue)) {
if ($file.PSIsContainer) {
$subfolders = @(Get-DirSize $file.FullName)
$size += $subfolders[-1].Size
$folders += $subfolders
} else {
$size += $file.Length
}
}
$object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Folder `
-Value (Get-Item $path).FullName
$object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Size -Value $size
$folders += $object
Write-Output $folders
}
END {}
} # end function Get-DirSize
Function Get-FormattedNumber($size)
{
IF($size -ge 1GB)
{
“{0:n2}” -f ($size / 1GB) + ” GigaBytes”
}
ELSEIF($size -ge 1MB)
{
“{0:n2}” -f ($size / 1MB) + ” MegaBytes”
}
ELSE
{
“{0:n2}” -f ($size / 1KB) + ” KiloBytes”
}
} #end function Get-FormattedNumber
# *** Entry Point to Script ***
if(-not(Test-Path -Path $path))
{
Write-Host -ForegroundColor red “Unable to locate $path”
Help $MyInvocation.InvocationName -full
exit
}
Get-DirSize -path $path |
Sort-Object -Property size -Descending |
Select-Object -Property folder, size -First $first |
Format-Table -Property Folder,
@{ Label=”Size of Folder” ; Expression = {Get-FormattedNumber($_.size)} }