Often, code needs to check on files, and for example test whether the file exists or exceeds a given size. Here is some commonly used code:
$logFile = "$PSScriptRoot\mylog.txt" $exists = Test-Path -Path $logFile if ($exists) { $data = Get-Item -Path $logFile if ($data.Length -gt 100KB) { Remove-Item -Path $logFile } }
By immediately converting a string path into a FileInfo object, you can do more with less:
[System.IO.FileInfo]$logFile = "$PSScriptRoot\mylog.txt" if ($logFile.Exists -and $logFile.Length -gt 0KB) { Remove-Item -Path $logFile }
You can convert any path to a FileInfo object, even if it is not representing a file. That’s what the property “Exists” is for: it tells you whether the file is present or not.
