Return count of items deleted using Get-ChildItem with Remove-Item

Question

I am successfully deleting files as expected using the below command; however, I'd like to get a count of the items deleted.

Get-ChildItem $dPath -Filter "*.blah" | Remove-Item 

I've tried this. It always deletes the file but the Measure-Object runs after the delete so 0 is always returned as the count

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Filter "*.blah" | Remove-Item | Measure-Object

I've then tried it in reverse but always get:

[Remove-Item], ItemNotFoundException

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Filter "*.blah" | Measure-Object | Remove-Item

Answer 1

Collect the items in a variable, get the count of that list, then remove the items:

$items = Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Filter "*.blah"
$cnt   = $items.Count
$items | Remove-Item

or count the items that were successfully deleted:

$cnt = 0
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Temp -Filter "*.blah" | ForEach-Object {
  Remove-Item $_.FullName
  if ($?) { $cnt++ }
}