When –Depth parameter is used along with Get-ChildItem, it controls the recursion of displaying the subfolders and their contents. For example, if –Depth parameter is set to 1 then it will display only the content of the parent folder and immediate subfolders but not the subfolders of the subfolders.CommandWhen you ... Read More

When –Depth parameter is used along with Get-ChildItem, it controls the recursion of displaying the subfolders and their contents. For example, if –Depth parameter is set to 1 then it will display only the content of the parent folder and immediate subfolders but not the subfolders of the subfolders.CommandWhen you ... Read More

To display the contents of the subfolders including files and folders, -Recurse parameter is used.CommandGet-ChildItem -Path D:\Temp -Recurse-Recurse parameter will not display the hidden files and folders.OutputDirectory: D:\Temp Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name ----             ... Read More

To display the contents of the subfolders including files and folders, -Recurse parameter is used.CommandGet-ChildItem -Path D:\Temp -Recurse-Recurse parameter will not display the hidden files and folders.OutputDirectory: D:\Temp Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name ----             ... Read More

There are methods or functions which are useful for directories and file operations.Methods for the directory.TypeName: System.IO.DirectoryInfo Name                      MemberType ----                      ---------- Create                 ... Read More

To display the directory content, Get-ChildItem cmdlet is used. You need to provide the path of the directory or if you are in the same directory, you need to use only Get-ChildItem directly. In the below example, we need to display the contents of the D:\temp directory.When Get-ChildItem command is ... Read More

When the item (file) path is provided to the Get-ChildItem cmdlet, it extracts the file information like Name, LastWriteTime, Size, etc.ExampleGet-ChildItem -Path D:\Temp\style.cssOutputDirectory: D:\Temp Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name ----                -------------     ... Read More

Below parameters are supported by Get-ChildItems. Get-ChildItem[[-Path] ] [[-Filter] ] [-Include ] [-Exclude ] [-Recurse] [-Depth ] [-Force] [-Name] [-Attributes ] [-FollowSymlink] [-Directory] [-File] [-Hidden] [-ReadOnly] [-System] []

When you pipeline the parameter Get-Member (alias gm) and filter out properties then there will be two different properties that will be displayed. One is for the File and another is for the Folders.Get-ChildItem propertiesCommandGet-ChildItem | gm | where{$_.Membertype -eq "Property"}Output** Properties of Directory TypeName: System.IO.DirectoryInfo Name       ... Read More

Get-ChildItem (alias: dir) in Powershell is used to get the items inside the container. This container could be the Folders, Registry or the certificate store. You can retrieve items from one or more specified locations. This command works similar to the dir in command prompt but PowerShell provides a modern ... Read More