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Select files to delete in PowerShell. This requires the pwshSpectreConsole PowerShell module and PowerShell 7.
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| MIT License | |
| Copyright (c) 2025 JDH Information Technology Solutions, Inc. | |
| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy | |
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| in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights | |
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| Empty File#requires -version 7.5 | |
| #requires -module pwshSpectreConsole | |
| Function Select-ToDelete { | |
| <# | |
| .SYNOPSIS | |
| Select files to delete. | |
| .DESCRIPTION | |
| Pipe files to this command which will use SpectreConsole to present a choice menu. The command has an automatic timeout of 15 seconds. | |
| .PARAMETER InputObject | |
| Piped file objects to delete. | |
| .PARAMETER TimeOut | |
| The timeout value in seconds if you don't select anything. | |
| .EXAMPLE | |
| PS C:\> dir c:\temp -file | Select-ToDelete | |
| This prompt times out in 15 seconds... | |
| Select file(s) to delete from C:\temp: | |
| > [ ] a.jpg | |
| [ ] ADSync.zip | |
| [ ] ADUser-Replacement.psd1 | |
| [ ] ADUser.psd1 | |
| [ ] foo.ps1 | |
| [ ] demo.ps1 | |
| .NOTES | |
| This command has an alias of std. | |
| .INPUTS | |
| FileInfo | |
| .OUTPUTS | |
| None | |
| .LINK | |
| Remove-Item | |
| Read-SpectreMultiSelection | |
| #> | |
| [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)] | |
| [alias('std')] | |
| [OutputType("None")] | |
| param ( | |
| [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)] | |
| [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] | |
| [System.IO.FileInfo[]]$InputObject, | |
| [Parameter(HelpMessage = "Specify a timeout value in seconds.")] | |
| [int32]$TimeOut = 15 | |
| ) | |
| Begin { | |
| #initialize an empty list to hold the files | |
| $list = [System.Collections.Generic.List[System.IO.FileInfo]]::new() | |
| } #begin | |
| Process { | |
| ` #add each file to the list | |
| foreach ($file in $InputObject) { | |
| $list.Add($file) | |
| } | |
| } #process | |
| End { | |
| if ($list.Count -gt 0) { | |
| Write-Verbose "Selecting from $($list.count) file(s)" | |
| #parameters to splat to Read-SpectreMultiSelection | |
| $splat = @{ | |
| Message = "`nSelect file(s) to delete from [SpringGreen1]$($list[0].DirectoryName)[/]:" | |
| Choices = $list | |
| ChoiceLabelProperty = 'Name' | |
| Color = 'Violet' | |
| AllowEmpty = $True | |
| PageSize = 10 | |
| TimeoutSeconds = $TimeOut | |
| } | |
| Read-SpectreMultiSelection @splat | Remove-Item | |
| } | |
| } #end | |
| } |
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