Get-MSIFileHash

NAME Get-MSIFileHash



SYNOPSIS

Gets a hash of a file in a Windows Installer-compatible format.





SYNTAX

Get-MSIFileHash -LiteralPath <String[]> [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]



Get-MSIFileHash [[-Path] <String[]>] [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

Get-MSIFileHash returns a 128-bit file hash in 4 separate parts, compatible with columns in the MsiFileHash table

in Windows Installer packages. All non-versioned files should contain this hash.



You can optionally add these HashPart1, HashPart2, HashPart3, and HashPart4 properties to FileSystem items.





PARAMETERS

-LiteralPath <String[]>

The path to the item or items which must resolve to a file system path. The value of -LiteralPath is used

exactly as typed. No characters are interpreted as wildcards.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-PassThru [<SwitchParameter>]

Passes the item or items passed into this cmdlet through the pipeline with additional properties for the file

hash.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Path <String[]>

The path to the item or items which must resolve to a file system path. You can specify * in any part of the

path to select all matching files.



Required? false

Position? 0

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstaller.FileHash





System.IO.DirectoryInfo





System.IO.FileInfo







NOTES









-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



get-msifilehash -path * | format-table -auto



This command outputs the file hash of every file in the current directory as a table.

-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------



get-childitem | where-object {$_.PSIsContainer -eq $False} | get-msifilehash -passthru | format-table Name, MSI*

-auto



This command outputs the name and hash parts of each file in the current directory.



RELATED LINKS

Get-MSIFileType