Unexpected token ‘in’ in expression or statement.

[sameer12Member]

#167112

Hi Experts !

I am finding the error while running the powershell script , please help to fix it.

D:ReplicationViaFTPServer>DeleteBackupsOlderthen. bat

D:ReplicationViaFTPServer>powershell .DeleteBackupsOlderthen.ps1
Unexpected token ‘in’ in expression or statement.
At D:ReplicationViaFTPServerDeleteBackupsOlderthen. ps1:19 char:12
+ if($File in < <<< $Files)
+ CategoryInfo : ParserError: (in:String) [], ParseException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken

D:ReplicationViaFTPServer>

Script

Code:

# POWER SHELL TO DELETE LOGS FILES FROM SERVER OLDER THEN X DAYS
# DEFINE PARAMETERS
# GET CURRENT DATE
$Now = Get-Date
# DEFINE AMOUNT OF DAYS
$Days=”1″
# Define folder where files are loacted
$Targetfolder =’D:ReplicationViaFTPServer’
#define extention
$Extention =”*trn”
# define last writed time parameters based on $days
$LastWrite = $Now.AddDays(-$Days)
#get files based on last write filter and specific folder #
$File = Get-Childitem $TargetFolder-Include $Extention -Recurse | Where {$_.LastWriteTime
-le
“$LastWrite”}
foreach($File in $Files)
{
if($File in $Files)
{
if($File -ne $NULL)
{
Write-host “Deleting File $File” -Foregroundcolor “DarkRed”
Remove-Item $File.FullName | out-null
} else {
Write-Host “No more files to delete!” -foregroundcolor “Green” }
}

[JeremyWModerator]

#271543

The issue is exactly what it says. ‘in’ is invalid for an If statement.

if($File in $Files) [/CODE]

If statements need to have a comparison operator. What are you trying to do with this If statement?[CODE]
if($File in $Files) [/CODE]

If statements need to have a comparison operator. What are you trying to do with this If statement?

[Fede_PgMember]

#391830

Thank you very much for filtering out
if($File in $Files) [/CODE]

This statement right needs to be taken out .

[CODE] if($File in $Files) [/CODE]

This statement right needs to be taken out .

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