To delete multiple file extensions in a directory using PowerShell, use the Get-ChildItem and Remove-Item cmdlets.
The following method can be used to delete multiple file extensions in PowerShell.
Method 1: Delete multiple file extensions using PowerShell
# Define an array of file extensions
$extensions = "csv", "txt", "log"
foreach {$extension in $extensions) {
Get-ChildItem -Filter "*.$extension" | Remove-Item
}In this example, the Get-ChildItem cmdlet retrieves all files with multiple extensions and pipes them to the Remove-Item for deletion.
The following example shows how to use this method.
Delete Multiple File Extensions Using PowerShell
Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to retrieve all files with multiple extensions from the directory and the Remove-Item cmdlet to remove each file.
The following example shows how to use it with syntax.
# Specify the directory path
$directoryPath = "C:\temp\log\"
# Specify the multiple extension
$extensions = "csv","txt"
# Loop through the extension to retrieve all files and remove them
foreach($extension in $extensions) {
Get-ChildItem -Path $directoryPath -Filter "*.$extension" | Remove-Item
}
The output of the above PowerShell script deletes multiple file extensions (.csv and .txt) from the specified directory $directoryPath.
The foreach loop iterates through each extension in the $extensions array. For each extension, the Get-ChildItem cmdlet retrieves files in the specified directory with that extension and the output is piped to the Remove-Item command to delete those files.
After running this script, all files with the specified extensions in the given directory will be deleted.
Conclusion
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