PowerShell Get-ChildItem

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  I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish.  Get-ChildItem (and any other PowerShell cmdlet that can return multiple results) already gives you an Array object which contains the results.  You can assign the results of Get-ChildItem to a variable, then access its contents later.  Something like this:

  $results = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\windows\system32\*.vbs" -Recurse
  
  foreach ($object in $results) {
      Write-Host "Child item name: $($object.Name)"
  
      # Files have a DirectoryName property, but Directories
      # do not.  Parent.FullName will work for both.
      Write-Host "Parent directory: $($object.Parent.FullName)"
  }
  

  
  

  • Proposed as answer by Peter Kriegel Tuesday, July 2, 2013 5:12 AM
  • Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:36 AM

  Tuesday, July 2, 2013 2:55 AM
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  Normally, Get-ChildItem cmdlet return IO.FileInfo and IO.DirectoryInfo array objects. If you want to get custom object as result, pls try with following;

  dir C:\Temp -Recurse | %{ if ($_.PsIsContainer) { New-Object PsObject -Property @{Directory=$_.fullName; FileName=''}} else { New-Object PsObject -Property @{Directory=$_.Directory; FileName=$_.Name}} } | sort directory

  You can also use export-csv cmdlet to save the result as csv file.
  

  rgds,

  • Marked as answer by Yan Li_ Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:36 AM

  Tuesday, July 2, 2013 6:23 AM