Tag: Get-Childitem

PowerShell: how to find only folders with Get-ChildItem

Posted by Alex On September 8, 2024

This post will show you how to list only folders and subfolders of a specific directory in PowerShell. We will use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet, which shows the children of a selected drive or directory. How to list only folders in Get-ChildItem To list only folders without files in PowerShell, use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet with the -Directory option. For example, the...

How to find large files in PowerShell (using Get-Childitem)

Posted by Alex On September 8, 2024

This tutorial will tell you how to find large files (more than 2GB, 3GB, 10GB, or any other size). And also how to list large files in PowerShell. To find files, we will use the Get-Childitem cmdlet. This cmdlet gets elements and child elements in one or more specified locations. The description of the cmdlet is quite convoluted – the...
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