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How to use Depth pararmeter in Get-ChildItem PowerShell?
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.
Command
When you specify –Depth parameter, no need to add –Recursion parameter. It will automatically set the depth level.
Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Depth 1
Output
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-ChildItem D:\Temp\ -Depth 1
Directory: D:\Temp
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 13-12-2019 09:52 GPO_backup
d----- 24-11-2018 11:31 LGPO
-a---- 07-05-2018 23:00 301 cars.xml
-a---- 29-12-2017 15:16 4526 healthcheck.html
-a---- 29-12-2017 15:16 4526 healthcheck1.html
-a---- 08-12-2017 10:24 48362 servicereport.html
-a---- 08-12-2017 10:24 48362 servicereport1.html
-a---- 08-12-2017 10:16 393 style.css
-a---- 08-12-2017 11:29 7974 Test.xlsx
-a---- 25-10-2017 08:13 104 testcsv.csv
-a---- 12-12-2017 23:04 1034 testhtmoutput.html
Directory: D:\Temp\GPO_backup
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 24-11-2018 11:34 {C9C3DB4C-2E51-4201-B3C3-7C0F1ACECBE9}
Directory: D:\Temp\LGPO
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a---- 01-06-2017 03:22 410088 LGPO.exe
-a---- 01-06-2017 02:25 638115 LGPO.pdfIn the above example, -Depth value is set to 1, so it displays only its subfolders (D:\Temp\LGPO, D:\Temp\GPO_Backup) and their contents.
When you set the –Depth value to 2, the output will be.
Output
Directory: D:\Temp\GPO_backup
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 24-11-2018 11:34 {C9C3DB4C-2E51-4201-B3C3-7C0F1ACECBE9}
Directory: D:\Temp\GPO_backup\{C9C3DB4C-2E51-4201-B3C3-7C0F1ACECBE9}
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 24-11-2018 11:34 DomainSysvol
-a---- 24-11-2018 11:34 6215 Backup.xml
-a---- 24-11-2018 11:34 602 Bkupinfo.xml
Directory: D:\Temp\LGPO
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
-a---- 01-06-2017 03:22 410088 LGPO.exe
-a---- 01-06-2017 02:25 638115 LGPO.pdfAs you can see in above example, additional level (D:\Temp\GPO_backup\{C9C3DB4C-2E51-4201-B3C3-7C0F1ACECBE9}) has been added.
Published on 23-Jan-2020 07:38:08
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