How to display files/folders including hidden files/folders in PowerShell?

To display files along with hidden files, you need to use –Force parameter.

Command

Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Force

Output

If you see the above output, hiddenfile.xlsx is the hidden file and same can be identified with the mode where –a-h—attribute of the file.

You can also use this parameter with –Recurse or –Depth.

Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Recurse -Force

Chirag Nagrekar

Published on 23-Jan-2020 07:40:15

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