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I would like understand the difference between Get-Item and Get-ChildItem. If is possible with one example.
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Description. The Get-ChildItem cmdlet gets the items in one or more specified locations. If the item is a container, it gets the items inside the container, known as child items. You can use the Recurse parameter to get items in all child containers and use the Depth parameter to limit the number of levels to recurse.
The Get-Item cmdlet gets the item at the specified location. It doesn't get the contents of the item at the location unless you use a wildcard character ( * ) to request all the contents of the item. This cmdlet is used by PowerShell providers to navigate through different types of data stores.
To exclude directories, use the File parameter and omit the Directory parameter, or use the Attributes parameter. To get directories, use the Directory parameter, its "ad" alias, or the Directory attribute of the Attributes parameter.
Get-Item
Gets the item at the specified location.
Get-Item .\foo # returns the item foo Get-ChildItem
Gets the items and child items in one or more specified locations.
Get-ChildItem .\foo # returns all of the children within foo note: Get-ChildItem can also recurse into the child directories
Get-ChildItem .\foo -Recurse # returns all of the children within foo AND the children of the children 
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If the you have a folder like this
Folder ├─ File-A └─ File-B Get-ChildItem will return the child of the item.Get-Item Folder # Folder Get-ChildItem Folder # File-A File-B Get-ChildItem will return the item.Get-Item Folder\File-A # File-A Get-ChildItem Folder\File-A # File-A If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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