PowerShell ErrorAction SilentlyContinue NOT working-CodePudding

The code below works when path exists but if it encounters a path that does not exits it fails and stops I would like for it to continue bad paths here are expected because server could have been decommed

(Get-ChildItem -Filter $SearchString  -Path $RootString -Recurse  | Measure-Object -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).Count

This is my error

Get-ChildItem : The network path was not found
At line:1 char:1
  Get-ChildItem -Filter $SearchString  -Path $RootString -Recurse  | Me ...
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-ChildItem], IOException
      FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.IOException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand

How can I write this so it continues if it errors. I am on PS 5.1.17

CodePudding user response：

Your -ErrorAction parameter is on your Measure-Object command, and not your Get-ChildItem command. I would guess this means any errors encountered with Get-ChildItem are treated normally, and any errors encountered by Measure-Object will silently continue since that's where you've placed the parameter.

This is what I would try next in your testing.

(Get-ChildItem -Filter $SearchString -Path $RootString -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Measure-Object).Count