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management-scripts/Remove-OldFiles.ps1

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## This script will delete all files in a directory which are older than the specified number of days.
## It will not search recursively for files and will only look in the directory specified.
If ( $OlderThanDays -is [int] ) {
If ( Test-Path $Path ) {
Write-Output "Deleting all items older than ${OlderThanDays} days in ""${Path}"""
$files = Get-ChildItem $Path | Where-Object { !$_.PSIsContainer -and $_.LastWriteTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-${OlderThanDays}) }
Foreach ( $f in $files ) {
$msg = "Deleting {0}" -f $f.FullName ; Write-Output $msg
Try { Remove-Item $f -Force | Out-Null }
Catch { Write-Error $_.Exception.Message }
}
} Else { Write-Output "Path does not exist: ""${Path}""" }
} Else { Write-Output "The value entered for ""OlderThanDays"" is not an integer" }