Automatic confirmation of deletion in powershell

2019-03-17 08:13发布

问题:

I'm running the following command:

get-childitem C:\temp\ -exclude *.svn-base,".svn" -recurse | foreach ($_) {remove-item $_.fullname}

Which prompts me very frequently like this:

Confirm
The item at C:\temp\f\a\d has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue,
all children will be removed with the item. Are you sure you want to continue?
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): 

How can I have it automatically set to "A"?

回答1:

Try using the -Force parameter on Remove-Item.



回答2:

The default is: no prompt.

You can enable it with -confirm or disable it with -confirm:$false

However, it will still prompt, when the target:

  • is a directory
  • and it is not empty
  • and the -recurse parameter is not specified.

To sum it up:

Remove-Item -recurse -force -confirm:$false

...should cover all scenarios.



回答3:

Add -confirm:$false to suppress confirmation.



回答4:

Add -recurse after the remove-item, also the -force parameter helps remove hidden files e.g.:

gci C:\temp\ -exclude *.svn-base,".svn" -recurse | %{ri $_ -force -recurse}



回答5:

Remove-Item .\foldertodelete -Force -Recurse


回答6:

You just need to add a /A behind the line.

Example:

get-childitem C:\temp\ -exclude *.svn-base,".svn" -recurse | foreach ($_) {remove-item $_.fullname} /a