Search for a file with Powershell
Apr 17th, 2009 |
I am slowly converting my command line skills from the good old command prompt to powershell. It is quite different and somehow very powerfull.
I will probably be sharing a few basic tips for daily life using powershell on your computer.
Today is a substitute to the old:
dir /s *filename*
So if you are looking for a file or directory in your file system try something simple like this:
dir -recurse -filter *filename* | sort name | ft directory, name
In fact, dir doesn’t even exist anymore, dir is an alias of get-childitem.
I am not sure I should debate about this feature as MSFT does that very well on technet.
Just to sum up it is in fact a very powerfull search tool.
