Get-Item - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet

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Get-Item

Description
Get a file/registry object (or any other namespace object)

Usage


Options


Example(s)
Get the current directory. This represents the item at the current location (not its contents).
PS C:\>get-item .

Get the root directory of the C: drive. This represents only the directory, not its contents:
PS C:\>get-item C:\

Get all items in the current directory. :
PS C:\>get-item *

Get all items in the C: drive:
PS C:\>get-item C:\*

List all properties of C:\Windows:
PS C:\>(Get-Item C:\Windows) | Get-Member"

Get the LastAccessTime property of C:\Windows:
PS C:\>(get-item C:\Windows).LastAccessTime

Get a registry key.:
PS C:\>get-item hklm:\software\microsoft\exchange

Get-Item will get registry keys and subkeys, but you must use Get-ItemProperty to get the registry values and data.

In PowerShell, use a single asterisk (*) to get contents, instead of the traditional *.*
The format is interpreted literally, so *.* would not retrieve directories or file names without a dot.