PowerShell Could Not Find Item - Path With Spaces IOException
path, powershell, string, windows
Solution
It's not the spaces in the path. If it was, the error would say path `C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\My` couldn't be found. `Get-ChildItem` and `Get-Item` behave... strangely... with certain files/directories, returning errors like you're seeing. That's why `Get-ChildItem` has an `-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue` parameter on it. I would add the same to the call to `Get-Item`, i.e. change
(Get-Item $path).FullName
to
(Get-Item $path -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName
or even forgo the call to `Get-Item` completely:
$path
Problem
``` # --------------------------------------------------------- # ScriptingGamesBeginnerEvent8_PS1.ps1 # ed wilson, msft 8/21/2009 # PS1 version of HSG-08-19-09 http://bit.ly/1d8Rww # # --------------------------------------------------------- Param( [string]$path = 'C:\', [int]$first = 50 )# end param # *** Function Here *** function Get-DirSize ($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)} } ``` So I have this script which I got from http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/36bf0988-867f-45be-92c0-f9b24bd766fb#content I've been playing around with it and created a batch file to help handle the log output of this file and such. However, I'm noticing that paths with spaces in them don't get read. For example ..Documents\My Music ``` Get-Item : Could not find item C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\My Music. At C:\test.ps1:32 char:80 + $object | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Folder -Value (Get-It em <<<< $path).fullname + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\MyUser\Documents\My Music:String) [Get-Item], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetIt emCommand ``` On the TechNet page for the code, someone brings the issue up but no solution is given. I'm not sure how to fix it here. I've played with the $path argument, surrounding it in " " or ' ' and such. Here is part of the batch file to execute it: ``` C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -noe -command "& 'C:\test.ps1' -path "'C:\Users\MyUser\'"" ```