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Powershell find size logs and delete

This script is for list or delete logsfiles. You can change parameters to adjust code for You need.

Invoke-Comman for many host

$machines = @(
    'COMPUTER_NAME_1',
    'COMPUTER_NAME_2'
)
foreach ($machine in $machines) {
    Invoke-Command -ComputerName $machine -ScriptBlock {

        Write-Host "Host: $env:COMPUTERNAME ($(Get-Date -Format MM/dd/yyyy)) "  -foregroundcolor "green"

        #LIST SIZE
        $path ='C:\logs'
        $days = -7  #numer days you can preserve in negative - last 7 days
        $t = ((Get-Childitem -Path $path -Recurse -Include *.log  | Where { $_.Length / 1gb -gt 0 } | Measure-Object Length -Sum | Where-Object LastWriteTime -LT (Get-Date).AddDays($days) | select-object -ExpandProperty Sum)/1GB).ToString('0.00')
        Write-host "Total Size: $t GB " -NoNewline -foregroundcolor "yellow"
        Write-host "PATH: $path"


        #DELETE
        $path ='C:\logs'
        $days = -7  #numer days you can preserve in negative - last 7 days
        $t = ((Get-Childitem -Path $path -Recurse -Include *.log  | Where { $_.Length / 1gb -gt 0 } | Measure-Object Length -Sum | Where-Object LastWriteTime -LT (Get-Date).AddDays($days) | select-object -ExpandProperty Sum)/1GB).ToString('0.00') | -Remove-Item -recurse
        Write-host "Total Size: $t GB " -NoNewline -foregroundcolor "yellow"
        Write-host "PATH: $path"

    }
}
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LOCAL HOST or Enter-PSSession

Write-Host "Host: $env:COMPUTERNAME ($(Get-Date -Format “MM/dd/yyyy”)) "  -foregroundcolor "green"

        #LIST SIZE
        $path ='C:\logs'
        $days = -7  #numer days you can preserve in negative - last 7 days
        $t = ((Get-Childitem -Path $path -Recurse -Include *.log  | Where { $_.Length / 1gb -gt 0 } | Measure-Object Length -Sum | Where-Object LastWriteTime -LT (Get-Date).AddDays($days) | select-object -ExpandProperty Sum)/1GB).ToString('0.00')
        Write-host "Total Size: $t GB " -NoNewline -foregroundcolor "yellow"
        Write-host "PATH: $path"


        #DELETE
        $path ='C:\logs'
        $days = -7  #numer days you can preserve in negative - last 7 days
        $t = ((Get-Childitem -Path $path -Recurse -Include *.log  | Where { $_.Length / 1gb -gt 0 } | Measure-Object Length -Sum | Where-Object LastWriteTime -LT (Get-Date).AddDays($days) | select-object -ExpandProperty Sum)/1GB).ToString('0.00') | -Remove-Item -recurse
        Write-host "Total Size: $t GB " -NoNewline -foregroundcolor "yellow"
        Write-host "PATH: $path"


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