Controlling Folder Depth when Exporting Folder ACL to Excel via Powershell

wirestyle22

The below script finds the permissions for the directory, but goes all the way through the entire file structure.

$FolderPath = dir -Directory -Path "P:\Public" -Recurse -Force
$Report = @()
Foreach ($Folder in $FolderPath) {
    $Acl = Get-Acl -Path $Folder.FullName
    foreach ($Access in $acl.Access)
        {
            $Properties = [ordered]@{'FolderName'=$Folder.FullName;'AD
Group or
User'=$Access.IdentityReference;'Permissions'=$Access.FileSystemRights;'Inherited'=$Access.IsInherited}
            $Report += New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $Properties
        }
}
$Report | Export-Csv -path "C:\export\permissions.csv"

I need to go only two levels deep. I read that you can use Get-ChildItemToDepth but I am having trouble with the syntax if anyone can help.

Obsolesce

Try this instead:

$FolderPath = Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Depth 2 -Path "P:\Public" -Force

Where -Depth is the how many levels deep you want to go.

If you want to see what a cmdlet can do, you can use:

Get-Help Get-ChildItem -Full