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Get All Files in a Directory

Matthew Dowst 
# add '-recurse' to include sub folders
Get-ChildItem -Path $directory -File
Details
This command will return all the files in a directory, and does not return the folders. Include ‘-recurse’ parameter to also return sub folders

Example
PS C:\> $directory = "C:\temp"
>> Get-ChildItem -Path $directory -File



    Directory: C:\temp


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
-a----        6/19/2019  11:45 AM         528685 temp01.csv
-a----        6/19/2019  11:45 AM         528685 temp02.csv

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