<# .SYNOPSIS Checks every symlink in a folder .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script checks every symlink in a folder (including subfolders). It returns the number of broken symlinks as exit value. .PARAMETER folder Specifies the path to the folder .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-symlinks . ✔️ found 2 broken symlinks at 📂/home/markus (10 total) in 17 sec .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #> param([string]$folder = "") try { if ($folder -eq "" ) { $folder = read-host "Enter the path to the folder" } $StopWatch = [system.diagnostics.stopwatch]::startNew() $FullPath = Resolve-Path "$folder" "⏳ Checking every symlink in 📂$FullPath ..." [int]$NumTotal = [int]$NumBroken = 0 Get-ChildItem $FullPath -recurse | Where { $_.Attributes -match "ReparsePoint" } | ForEach-Object { $Symlink = $_.FullName $Target = ($_ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Target -ErrorAction Ignore) if ($Target) { $path = $_.FullName + "\..\" + ($_ | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Target) $item = Get-Item $path -ErrorAction Ignore if (!$item) { "Bad $Symlink 🠆 $Target" $NumBroken++ } } $NumTotal++ } [int]$Elapsed = $StopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds if ($NumTotal -eq 0) { "✔️ found no symlink at 📂$FullPath in $Elapsed sec" } elseif ($NumBroken -eq 0) { "✔️ found $NumTotal valid symlinks at 📂$FullPath in $Elapsed sec" } else { "✔️ found $NumBroken broken symlinks at 📂$FullPath ($NumTotal total) in $Elapsed sec" } exit $NumBroken } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }