How to Search Multiple Servers for a Specific File

I took a question off of PowerShell.com where an IT Pro needed to search multiple servers for a specific file. What I did was gave it the capacity to search multiple drives attached to each server for that specific file.

A few things to remember. I am assuming:

1. You are able to access the drives of all remote clients with the credentials that you are logged in as.

2. PowerShell remoting is enabled on all client machines. I did not include error handling for a client that is offline or does note have remoting turned on.

3. The file specified is all TXT files. on line 16, change *.txt to match what you are looking for.

# List the names of all servers to contact.

$Names = "LON-DC1", "LON-EX1"

ForEach ($N in $Names)

{

# Use PowerShell remoting to search each server.

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $N -ScriptBlock {

$Drive = Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name

ForEach ($D in $Drive)

{

# Incase an floppy of DVD drive is accessed, just ignore it.

Try{

Get-ChildItem -Path $D":" -Recurse -Name "*.txt" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |

Select-Object -Property @{N="FullPath";E={$_}},

@{N="ComputerName";E={$ComputerName}}

}

Catch {}

}

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