Get-ChildItem for listing in PowerShell - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to list all files and folders in the current directory.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Recurse

B-Force

C-Path .

D-File

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -Recurse when only the current directory is needed.

Using -File which lists only files, not folders.

The -Path . parameter tells Get-ChildItem to list items in the current directory.

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medium

Complete the code to list all files only in the current directory.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-File

B-Directory

C-Force

D-Recurse

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -Directory which lists folders, not files.

Using -Recurse which lists files in subfolders too.

The -File parameter lists only files, excluding folders.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to list all items recursively.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Recurse

B-Directory

C-File

D-Force

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -File or -Directory alone does not recurse.

Forgetting to add -Recurse when subfolders are needed.

The -Recurse parameter tells PowerShell to list all items in the current directory and all subdirectories.

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hard

Fill both blanks to list all items recursively including hidden ones.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem [1] [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Recurse

B-File

C-Force

D-Directory

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -File instead of -Force to include hidden items.

Forgetting -Recurse to include subfolders.

-Recurse lists items in all subfolders, and -Force includes hidden items.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to list only directories recursively and show their full names.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem [1] [2] | Select-Object [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-Recurse

B-Directory

CFullName

D-File

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -File instead of -Directory to list folders.

Not using Select-Object FullName to see full paths.

-Recurse lists all subfolders, -Directory filters to folders only, and Select-Object FullName shows the full path of each folder.