Limit Get-ChildItem recursion depth

Question

I can get all sub-items recursively using this command:

Get-ChildItem -recurse

But is there a way to limit the depth? If I only want to rec

Answer 1

This is a function that outputs one line per item, with indentation according to depth level. It is probably much more readable.

function GetDirs($path = $pwd, [Byte]$ToDepth = 255, [Byte]$CurrentDepth = 0)
{
    $CurrentDepth++
    If ($CurrentDepth -le $ToDepth) {
        foreach ($item in Get-ChildItem $path)
        {
            if (Test-Path $item.FullName -PathType Container)
            {
                "." * $CurrentDepth + $item.FullName
                GetDirs $item.FullName -ToDepth $ToDepth -CurrentDepth $CurrentDepth
            }
        }
    }
}

It is based on a blog post, Practical PowerShell: Pruning File Trees and Extending Cmdlets.