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Get-ChildItem Options

Learn how to use Get-Help to discover command options

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Get-ChildItem Options

Get-ChildItem Options

Every PowerShell command supports options (or parameters) that change its behaviour. You can discover these options by running the Get-Help command.

For example, running Get-Help Get-ChildItem shows parameters like -Force to display hidden files.


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Which parameter shows hidden and system files in Get-ChildItem?

References

These Microsoft Learn and Windows documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.

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