Get-Item

Get-Item
    [-Path] <String[]>
    [-Filter <String>]
    [-Include <String[]>]
    [-Exclude <String[]>]
    [-Force]
    [-Credential <PSCredential>]
    [-UseTransaction]
    [-Stream <String[]>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Get-Item
    -LiteralPath <String[]>
    [-Filter <String>]
    [-Include <String[]>]
    [-Exclude <String[]>]
    [-Force]
    [-Credential <PSCredential>]
    [-UseTransaction]
    [-Stream <String[]>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Get-Item
    [-Path] <string[]>
    [-Filter <string>]
    [-Include <string[]>]
    [-Exclude <string[]>]
    [-Force]
    [-Credential <pscredential>]
    [-UseTransaction]
    [-CodeSigningCert]
    [-DocumentEncryptionCert]
    [-SSLServerAuthentication]
    [-DnsName <string>]
    [-Eku <string[]>]
    [-ExpiringInDays <int>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Get-Item
    -LiteralPath <string[]>
    [-Filter <string>]
    [-Include <string[]>]
    [-Exclude <string[]>]
    [-Force]
    [-Credential <pscredential>]
    [-UseTransaction]
    [-CodeSigningCert]
    [-DocumentEncryptionCert]
    [-SSLServerAuthentication]
    [-DnsName <string>]
    [-Eku <string[]>]
    [-ExpiringInDays <int>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Get-Item
    [-Path] <string[]>
    [-Filter <string>]
    [-Include <string[]>]
    [-Exclude <string[]>]
    [-Force]
    [-Credential <pscredential>]
    [-UseTransaction]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Get-Item
    -LiteralPath <string[]>
    [-Filter <string>]
    [-Include <string[]>]
    [-Exclude <string[]>]
    [-Force]
    [-Credential <pscredential>]
    [-UseTransaction]
    [<CommonParameters>]

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. Some parameters are only available for a specific provider. For more information, see about_Providers.

This example gets the current directory. The dot ('.') represents the item at the current ___location (not its contents).

Get-Item .

Directory: C:\

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----         7/26/2006  10:01 AM            ps-test

This example gets all the items in the current directory. The wildcard character (*) represents all the contents of the current item.

Get-Item *

Directory: C:\ps-test

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----         7/26/2006   9:29 AM            Logs
d----         7/26/2006   9:26 AM            Recs
-a---         7/26/2006   9:28 AM         80 date.csv
-a---         7/26/2006  10:01 AM         30 filenoext
-a---         7/26/2006   9:30 AM      11472 process.doc
-a---         7/14/2006  10:47 AM         30 test.txt

This example gets the current directory of the C: drive. The object that is retrieved represents only the directory, not its contents.

Get-Item C:

This example gets the items in the C: drive. The wildcard character (*) represents all the items in the container, not just the container.

Get-Item C:\*

In PowerShell, use a single asterisk (*) to get contents, instead of the traditional *.*. The format is interpreted literally, so *.* wouldn't retrieve directories or filenames without a dot.

This example gets the LastAccessTime property of the C:\Windows directory. LastAccessTime is just one property of file system directories. To see all the properties of a directory, type (Get-Item <directory-name>) | Get-Member.

(Get-Item C:\Windows).LastAccessTime

This example shows the contents of the Microsoft.PowerShell registry key. You can use this cmdlet with the PowerShell Registry provider to get registry keys and subkeys, but you must use the Get-ItemProperty cmdlet to get the registry values and data.

Get-Item HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\Shellids\Microsoft.PowerShell\

This example gets items in the Windows directory with names that include a dot (.), but don't begin with w*.This example works only when the path includes a wildcard character (*) to specify the contents of the item.

Get-Item C:\Windows\*.* -Exclude "w*"

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

You can pipe a string that contains a path to this cmdlet.

The cmdlet outputs this type when accessing the Alias: drive.

The cmdlet outputs these types when accessing the Cert: drive.

The cmdlet outputs this type when accessing the Env: drive.

The cmdlet outputs these types when accessing the FileSystem drives.

The cmdlet outputs these types when accessing the Function: drives.

The cmdlet outputs this type when accessing the Registry drives.

The cmdlet outputs this type when accessing the Variable: drives.

The cmdlet outputs these types when accessing the WSMan: drives.

Windows PowerShell includes the following aliases for Get-Item:

• gi

This cmdlet does not have a Recurse parameter, because it gets only an item, not its contents. To get the contents of an item recursively, use Get-ChildItem.

To navigate through the registry, use this cmdlet to get registry keys and the Get-ItemProperty to get registry values and data. The registry values are considered to be properties of the registry key.

This cmdlet is designed to work with the data exposed by any provider. To list the providers available in your session, type Get-PSProvider. For more information, see about_Providers.