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Powershell Get-ChildItem -Filter operates differently to Where clause with same value

The Filter of FileSystem provider rather uses CMD wildcards than PowerShell wildcards. CMD wildcards are funny and not intuitive in some edge cases, mostly historically. Here is an interesting explanation: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20071217-00/?p=24143 Another gotcha to be kept in mind: ls -Filter *.txt in fact gets files like *.txt* in PowerShell sense, i.e. files with extensions starting … Read more

Confused with -Include parameter of the Get-ChildItem cmdlet

You’re confusing the use of -include. The -include flag is applied to the path, not the contents of the path. Without the use of the recursive flag, the only path that is in question is the path you specify. This is why the last example you gave works, the path c:\test has a t in … Read more