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

Including \* at the end of the path should work around the issue

PS C:\logfiles> Get-ChildItem .\* -include *.log

This should return .log files from the current working directory (C:\logfiles)

Alex's example above indicates that a directory with the name foo.log would also be returned. When I tried it, it wasn't but it's 6 years later and that could be from PS updates.

However, you can use the child item Mode to exclude directories I think.

PS C:\logfiles> Get-Childitem .\* -include *.log | where-object {$_.mode -notmatch "d"}

This should exclude anything with the 'directory' mode set.