3.1 Viewing Objects in a Directory

to view the content of a directory, use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet, and to show all hidden files, use the -Force parameter.

Get-ChildItem -Force

this will show all the files and directories in the current directory.

Get-ChildItem -Force -Recurse

this will show all the files and directories in the current directory and all subdirectories.

Get-ChildItem -Force -Recurse -Depth 1

this will show all the files and directories in the current directory and all subdirectories, but only one level deep.

Filtering the output

The script searches for all executable files (*.exe) in C:\ folder and lists only those modified after April 1, 2018.

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Recurse -Include *.exe | Where-Object -FilterScript {($_.LastWriteTime -gt '2018-04-01')}