Confused with -Include parameter of the Get-ChildItem cmdlet

Question

From documentation:

-Include

Retrieves only the specified items. The value of this parameter qualifies the Path parameter. Enter a pa

Answer 1

I just asked a similar question and got three quick replies concerning the Get-Help for Get-ChildItem.

The answer is in the full description of the command (Get-Help Get-ChildItem -full):

The Include parameter is effective only when the command includes the

Recurse parameter or the path leads to the contents of a directory, such as C:\Windows*, where the wildcard character specifies the contents of the C:\Windows directory.

So the following would work without recurse.

PS C:\foo> Get-childitem -path "c:\foo*" -Include *.txt

From Stack Overflow question PowerShell Scripting - Get-ChildItem.

I hope this helps :-)