I'm trying to use PowerShell to find all MP3 files that are under 5MB in size from a specific directory. Here's the command I'm trying, but I'm running into a parsing error:
```powershell
$( $Files = Get-ChildItem -Path "\PC\Users\name\Music" -Recurse -Filter *.mp3 | Where-Object {$_.Length -lt 5MB} | Sort-Object Length) $Files | ForEach-Object { "$($_.FullName) - $(\'{0:N2}\' -f ($_.Length/1Kb))Kb" } >>C:tmpoutput.txt
```
The error says there's an unexpected token '$Files' in my command. I admit I'm not very experienced with PowerShell, so I'm unsure why this isn't working. Any help?
3 Answers
Make sure you define `$Files` separately from the usage. You should split your command into two parts:
1. Define `$Files`:
```powershell
$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path "\PC\Users\name\Music" -Recurse -Filter *.mp3 | Where-Object {$_.Length -lt 5MB} | Sort-Object Length
```
2. Then use `$Files`:
```powershell
$Files | ForEach-Object { "$($_.FullName) - $('{0:N2}' -f ($_.Length/1Kb))Kb" } >>C:tmpoutput.txt
```
This should resolve the parsing errors you're seeing.
It's worth trying to simplify your approach. You can remove both occurrences of `$Files` and pipe directly from `Get-ChildItem` to `Where-Object` and then `ForEach-Object`. Here's an example:
```powershell
Get-ChildItem -Path "\PC\Users\name\Music" -Recurse -Filter *.mp3 | Where-Object { $_.Length -lt 5MB } | Sort-Object Length | ForEach-Object { "$($_.FullName) - $('{0:N2}' -f ($_.Length/1KB))Kb" } >>C:tmpoutput.txt
```
This way, you avoid the need for additional variable assignments.
It looks like you should just remove the `$Files = ` part from your command. That syntax error suggests you might have combined two scripts incorrectly, so clean that up and try it again!
Keeping the script simpler might help too.

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