Recursive listing of a particular file type in Windows PowerShell

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I was trying to recursively list using ls all the *.py files in a directory in Windows PowerShell. It didn't work. I checked up on the man page and then online page that -Recurse flag doesn't accept wildcards so *.py wouldn't work.

I want to know whether there is a simple in-built way to recursively list the files of a particular file extension in a directory using Windows PowerShell 2.0?

I am a newbie in PowerShell and don't want to indulge in Shell scripting at this stage. So please recommend in-built commands, flags, etc. only, if any.

By commands I means the in-built keywords of the PowerShell. I am not sure if that is proper vocabulary for PowerShell.

Shay Levy · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-27 09:20:28Z

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Use the Filter parameter:

ls $path -filter *.py -recurse

answered Jun 27, 2013 at 9:20

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Musaab Al-Okaidi · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-27 09:07:39Z

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This will do the trick for you.

gci -Recurse | ? {$_.name -match ".py"}

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gci -Recurse -Include *.py

answered Jun 27, 2013 at 9:07

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Dana · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-08 17:10:35Z

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ls is an alias for Get-ChildItem. (So is dir and gci). A simple Google will give you all kinds of examples but the thing to know is -include (or -exclude) are built in parameters that will show (or not show) file types you are looking for. An additional parameter, -filter, can also be used for partial file types. The switch parameter -recurse checks the contents of subfolders in the directory as well. Example01: gci -path \$computername\$directory -Include *.py -recurse Example02: gci -path \$computername\$directory -Filter *.py -recurse

I like to suppress errors so a full example would look like this: gci -path \Svr01\C$ -Include *.py -recurse -erroraction SilentlyContinue

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adrian · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-20 12:31:57Z

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I don't see how anybody would have got this working at any time.

gci -recurse works fine and lists all gci -filter *.txt works fine, lists all .txt files but does not recurse

gci -filter *.txt -recurse returns either only .txt files from root or nothing. It seems to apply the *.txt filter to the directory names therefor seeing no directories and thus does not recurse at all.

answered Apr 20, 2018 at 12:31

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