Error handling problem with use Get-Filehash on Powershell when a file is open

I created a command to find duplicate file on folders (with file length information) in Powershell that works fine but I have problem when a file that I analyze is open.

This is the command:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse |
select-object length, fullname, @{n="Hash";e={get-filehash -algorithm MD5 -path $_.FullName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-object -expandproperty Hash}} | 
Group -Property Hash |
where {$_.Count -gt 1} |
foreach { $_.Group | select fullname, hash, length} |
Export-Csv -Path c:\temp\filelist.csv -Delimiter "`t" -NoTypeInformation

When the file is open I receive this error:

Group : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
At line:2 char:164
+ ... tinue | Select-object -expandproperty Hash}} | Group -Property Hash |
+                                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Group-Object], NullReferenceException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.NullReferenceException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GroupObjectCommand

The problem is that Get-FileHash fails and the execution stop when a file is open.

I want only that the files that is open ignore and the command continue.
I tried many solutions (-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) without success.
Please can you help me?
Thank you.

>Solution :

Change your code using a loop instead of Select-Object and error handling to skip files where Get-FileHash fails to obtain the hash:

# Add `-File` to ensure the cmdlet outputs files only
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
    ForEach-Object {
        try {
            [pscustomobject]@{
                Length   = $_.Length
                Fullname = $_.FullName
                Hash     = ($_ | Get-FileHash -Algorithm MD5 -ErrorAction Stop).Hash
            }
        }
        catch {
            Write-Warning $_
        }
    } |
    Group-Object -Property Hash |
    Where-Object Count -GT 1 |
    ForEach-Object Group |
    Export-Csv -Path c:\temp\filelist.csv -Delimiter "`t" -NoTypeInformation

Another alternative that should work would be using -PipelineVariable:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -PipelineVariable pv |
    # Change `-ErrorAction` to `Continue` if you want errors to be displayed
    Get-FileHash -Algorithm MD5 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
    Select-Object *, @{ N='Length'; E={ $pv.Length }} -ExcludeProperty Algorithm |
    Group-Object Hash |
    Where-Object Count -GT 1 |
    ForEach-Object Group |
    Export-Csv ....