https://github.com/calebstewart/get-matchingfiletypes
Look for files which match any of the given list of file signatures under a directory
https://github.com/calebstewart/get-matchingfiletypes
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Look for files which match any of the given list of file signatures under a directory
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/calebstewart/get-matchingfiletypes
- Owner: calebstewart
- Created: 2019-01-28T19:07:49.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-01-28T19:39:00.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-29T13:46:45.316Z (3 months ago)
- Language: PowerShell
- Size: 2.93 KB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Get-MatchingFileTypes - Look for files matching the given signatures
This script will recursively scan a given directory for files which match the given file signatures. By default, the script will look for `*.txt` files matching the signatures of `ZIP` or `RAR` files.
## Default Search
To search for `.txt` files matching a `ZIP` or `RAR` signature, you can scan a given directory with:
```powershell
PS C:\Users\Student\Documents\exercise_8> .\Get-MatchingFileTypes.ps1 -Path ".\" | Format-Table Path,Type
Path Type
---- ----
C:\Users\Student\Documents\exercise_8\bqekifltpz\jodwsxfrti\nwxyjdohvp\aqurtjhsxp.txt rar
[... removed for brevity ...]
C:\Users\Student\Documents\exercise_8\sgtcpqbwzo\aqigjmtcbv\zydbtpfcul.txt zip
```
## Customized file name matching
To search for files other than `.txt` files, you can use the `-Include` parameter, as seen below:
```powershell
PS C:\Users\Student\Documents\exercise_8> .\Get-MatchingFileTypes.ps1 -Path ".\" -Include "*.rar" | Format-Table Path,Type
Path Type
---- ----
C:\Users\Student\Documents\exercise_8\bqekifltpz\jodwsxfrti\nwxyjdohvp\aqurtjhsxp.txt rar
[... removed for brevity ...]
```
## Customized file signatures
You can pass an array of hashtables which specify different file type signatures to look for using the `filetype` parameter. This will replace the default, so you must explicitly specify the `ZIP` or `RAR` types if you want them for your custom search. For example, to search for `GIF` files with any name, you could do the following:
```powershell
PS C:\Users\Student\Documents\exercise_8> $signatures = @(
@{ name = "GIF87"; sig = "GIF87a"; },
@{ name = "GIF89"; sig = "GIF89a"; }
)
PS C:\Users\Student\Documents\exercise_8> .\Get-MatchingFileTypes.ps1 -Path ".\" -Include "*" -FileTypes $signatures | Format-Table Path,Type
```
# Continued Development and/or Support
This project was created to satisfy an exercise in a course for work, and to assist fellow students. It's probably not that useful to anyone, and I will not be continuing development. If you like it, feel free to fork it, or message me. However, I don't plan on supporting it further. Thanks for reading!