How to find files whose paths are too long

svanslyck said:

How do I specify the output filename?

Just as I showed in my example.

Code:

 | Export-CSV "$OutputPath\LongFilePaths-$LengthThreshold.csv"

See
Export-Csv - SS64
Export-Csv - MSDocs - I normally find SS64 explanations better than MS's but, in this case, take a look in the MSDocs/MSLearn article aswell because it explains the very useful /Append switch.


Denis

svanslyck said:

How do I specify the output filename?

In the posted script,

Code:

# Change $ExaminedPath & $OutputPath to wherever you want and change $LengthThreshold to anything up to the full filepath max. of 256 characters
$ExaminedPath = "C:\Users\user\Documents"
$OutputPath = "C:\Users\user\Desktop"
$LengthThreshold = 200
Get-ChildItem $ExaminedPath -Recurse | Where-Object  {$_.Name.Length -gt $LengthThreshold} | select Directory, FullName | Export-CSV "$OutputPath\LongFilePaths-$LengthThreshold.csv" -NoTypeInformation

- Look at line two. Replace "C:\Users\user\Documents" with the real path to the folder you want to examine files in.
- Look at line three. Replace "C:\Users\user\Desktop" with the real path to the folder you want to save the output file in.
- There is no need to change line four. You could if you wanted to.
- There is no need to change line five. You could if you wanted to. But why bother? Just accept the output filename I wrote into that line.


Denis

svanslyck said:

Just tried it at home and it worked. Maybe I'm running the wrong powershell.

I think it's likely to be an error in specifying lines 2 or 3, the folder to be examined or the folder to send the results to.

svanslyck said:

I don't see a filename specified in the code

Well, it is. It's on line five.

Code:

LongFilePaths-$LengthThreshold.csv

The $LengthThreshold bit just writes in the value of the path length you chose in line four so you get a filename like

Code:

LongFilePaths-200.csv

All the best,
Denis

I wonder if some haven't noticed that the script scrolls to the right to show the remainder of the longer lines.

tpriest said:

I wonder if some haven't noticed that the script scrolls to the right to show the remainder of the longer lines.

@svanslyck Is that the problem, you don't know that you need to scroll to the right to see the whole line if your browser window is too small to see the whole thing at once?

Try3 said:

In the posted script,

Code:

# Change $ExaminedPath & $OutputPath to wherever you want and  change $LengthThreshold to anything up to the full filepath max. of 256  characters
$ExaminedPath = "C:\Users\user\Documents"
$OutputPath = "C:\Users\user\Desktop"
$LengthThreshold = 200
Get-ChildItem $ExaminedPath -Recurse | Where-Object  {$_.Name.Length -gt  $LengthThreshold} | select Directory, FullName | Export-CSV  "$OutputPath\LongFilePaths-$LengthThreshold.csv"  -NoTypeInformation

- Look at line two. Replace "C:\Users\user\Documents" with the real path to the folder you want to examine files in.
- Look at line three. Replace "C:\Users\user\Desktop" with the real path to the folder you want to save the output file in.
- There is no need to change line four. You could if you wanted to.
- There is no need to change line five. You could if you wanted to. But why bother? Just accept the output filename I wrote into that line.

And here's a copy of the script as a ps1 file.
I assume you know how to run ps1 files. If not, you can just paste each line into a PS window one after the other after you have made any changes you need such as those two folder paths.
List overly long folder paths.ps1


Denis

Try3 said:

@svanslyck Is that the problem, you don't know that you need to scroll to the right to see the whole line if your browser window is too small to see the whole thing at once?
Denis

That, for me, begs the question of how to make the browser window larger? Screen grab of mine here, the blue side bars extend to the edge of the monitor.

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