Using PowerShell jobs to run parallel operations

Here is some sample code to run a bunch of jobs in parallel. It’s not a particularly good use of parallel computing, as it actually takes longer to run this way, but it gives me the shell to use for future jobs.

The key aspect to remember is that the variables are internal to the script block code. Hence the reading in of the parameters and the re-assignment to new variables.
This example searches each file and folder on C:\ non-recursively and reports back Read-only folders.

$list = Get-ChildItem “C:\”
foreach ($file in $list){
start-job -ArgumentList @($file.FullName, $file.Attributes) -scriptblock {
param($TargetFile,$Attr)
if ($Attr -eq 17){
Write-Host $TargetFile
}
}
}

Wait-Job *
Clear
Receive-Job *
Remove-job *