Powershell - Get-ChildItem Cmdlet
Cmdlet
Get-ChildItem cmdlet can be used to get the items or child items in one or more specific locations.
In these examples, we're see the Get-ChildItem cmdlet in action.
Example 1
In this example, first we've a file test.txt in D:\temp\test with content "Welcome to TutorialsPoint.Com" and test1.txt with content "Hello World!" and "Welcome to TutorialsPoint.Com" in two lines.
Get the file details in a variable.
$A = Get-ChildItem D:\temp\test\*.txt
Get the file details using Format-Wide cmdlet.
Format-Wide -InputObject $A
Output
You can see following output in PowerShell console.
Directory: D:\temp\test test.txt test1.txt
Example 2
Get the names of the items in current directory.
Type the following command in PowerShell ISE Console
Get-ChildItem -Name
Output
You can see following output in PowerShell console consider being in D:\temp\Test directory.
test.csv test.txt test.xml test1.txt