CountFiles

Here’s a script to count files under the specified path (or the working directory if the parameter is omitted) and times the operation progress, in real time.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    CountFiles - File counter and timer.
.DESCRIPTION
    CountFiles - Counts files under the specified path and times the operation progress in real time.
.PARAMETER Path
    Sets the directory where the files will be counted.
.NOTES
    File Name  : CountFiles.ps1
    Author     : Fabrice ZERROUKI - fabricezerrouki@hotmail.com
.EXAMPLE
    PS D:\>CountFiles.ps1 -path D:\Docs
    The script will count all the files (recurse) under D:\Docs and display its progress in real time.
.EXAMPLE
    PS D:\Scripts\>CountFiles.ps1
    The script will count all the files (recurse) under D:\Scripts\ (the current directory) and display its progress in real time.
#>
Param (
    [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$True,HelpMessage="Please enter a valid path.")]
    [ValidateScript({((Test-Path $_) -and (Test-Path $_ -PathType 'Container'))})]
    [string]$Path=$pwd
)
Write-Host "`nDefined path is `"$Path`"`n" -ForegroundColor Yellow

function time_pipeline { 
param ($increment=1000) 
begin{$i=0 ; $timer=[diagnostics.stopwatch]::startnew()} 
process { 
    $i++ 
    if (!($i % $increment)) { Write-Host “`rProcessed $i in $($timer.elapsed.totalseconds) seconds” -nonewline } 
    $_ 
    } 
end { 
    Write-Host “`rProcessed $i files in $($timer.elapsed.totalseconds) seconds” 
    Write-Host "`tAverage rate: $([int]($i/$timer.elapsed.totalseconds)) files/sec.`n" 
    } 
}
Get-ChildItem $Path -Recurse | Where { ! $_.PSIsContainer } | time_pipeline | Set-Variable files