I want to check a file exist or not in the folder, if exist it will create a new folder. I tried my code, but Its not working. I can not create a new folder, but I already make sure that I have the file that I check.
$WKFD = "$b-$timestamp"
$Path_2 = "C:\Users\Documents\Convert\$WKFD"
if([System.IO.File]::Exists("$Path_2\t.txt")-ne $true)
{
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $Path_2+2
}
As an example to test if a given item exist you can check for the path.
if(Test-Path 'C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition
2018.3.5\bin\pycharm.exe'){
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $yourPath
}
Hope it helps! BR
Use this to check if the folder exists:
$folderName = "something"
$path = "C:\Users\user\Desktop\" + $folderName
if (Test-Path -Path $path){
#Folder exists, check for existance of file
}else{
#Folder doesn't exist, create it
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $path
}
New-Item with -Force creates the folder if it doesn't exists, no need of if statement.
If you want to check, use Test-Path to check the folder availability.
$WKFD = "$b-$timestamp"
$Path_2 = "C:\Users\Documents\Convert\$WKFD"
if(Test-Path -Path "$Path_2\t.txt"){
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $NewFolder
}
What do you meant by $Path_2+2 ?
You can use the following:
If file test1.txt exists then a folder named newDir is created, else no action is performed.
if(Test-Path C:\Users\Username\Desktop\test\test1.txt -PathType Leaf)
{
Write-Output "File exists"
New-Item -ItemType directory -Path C:\Users\Username\Desktop\test\newDir
}
else {
Write-Output "File does not exist"
}
You can Use
Test-Path 'pathToFile/FileName'
It returns True or False depending on whether the file exits or not
New-Itemwith-Forcecreates the folder if it doesn't exists, no need ofifstatement.