Powershell command to delete files in Azure fileshare

Question

Hello Team.

I have an requirement to delete the files from Azure file share exclude file created in last 24 hours and i am using the below command. it is not working as expected. can you please help?

Where-Object{$file.Properties.Last Modified -lt ((Get-Date).AddDays(-1))}

Answer 1

Hi @SriRaghavendran Prabhakaran ,

please give this a try:

$date = (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)
$allObjs = Get-AzStorageFile -Context $ctx -ShareName $sharename
foreach ($obj in $allObjs) {
    if ($($obj.ListFileProperties.IsDirectory) -eq $false) {
        Write-Host "$($obj.Name) last modified on $($obj.LastModified.DateTime)"
        if ($($obj.LastModified.DateTime) -lt $date) {
            Write-Host "$($obj.Name) is older than $date  and will be deleted" -ForegroundColor Magenta
        }
        else {
            Write-Host "$($obj.Name) is newer than $date  and will not be deleted" -ForegroundColor Blue
        }
    }
}

You should get an output like this:

My script sample will not delete anything. You have to add this by yourself in the if block.

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Regards

Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi @SriRaghavendran Prabhakaran ,

what is the content of $file?
Maybe you like to post the full script with the part how the variable $file is set?

Without knowing the content of $file you can try this:

{$file.CloudFile.Properties.LastModified -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-1))}

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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards

Andreas Baumgarten