Comparing folders and content with PowerShell

Question

I have two different folders with xml files. One folder (folder2) contains updated and new xml files compared to the other (folder1). I need to know which files in folder2 a

Answer 1

gci -path 'C:\Folder' -recurse |where{$_.PSIsContainer}

-recurse will explore all subtrees below the root path given and the .PSIsContainer property is the one you want to test for to grab all folders only. You can use where{!$_.PSIsContainer} for just files.