<# .SYNOPSIS Checks all symlinks in a folder .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script checks all symbolic links in a directory tree. It returns the number of broken symlinks as exit value. .PARAMETER folder Specifies the path to the folder .EXAMPLE PS> ./check-symlinks D:\ ⏳ Please wait while checking symlinks at: 📂D:\ ... ✅ Found 0 broken symlinks at 📂D:\ in 60s. .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" "⏳ Please wait while checking symlinks at 📂$fullPath ..." [int]$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) { $numBroken++ "Broken symlink #$($numBroken) at $Symlink linking to: $Target" } } $numTotal++ } [int]$elapsed = $stopWatch.Elapsed.TotalSeconds if ($numTotal -eq 0) { "✅ No symlink found at 📂$fullPath in $($elapsed)s." } elseif ($numBroken -eq 1) { "✅ Found $numBroken broken symlink at 📂$fullPath in $($elapsed)s ($numTotal symlinks in total)." } else { "✅ Found $numBroken broken symlinks at 📂$fullPath in $($elapsed)s ($numTotal symlinks in total)." } exit $numBroken } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }