How to recursively search a directory for all files including hidden files in hidden directories, with PowerShell? How to recursively search a directory for all files including hidden files in hidden directories, with PowerShell? powershell powershell

How to recursively search a directory for all files including hidden files in hidden directories, with PowerShell?


You're doing it right. Just run it in an elevated console and remove the filter. If you don't care about permission errors, append -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue:

Get-ChildItem -Path C:\ -Filter lush* -Recurse -Force `              -ErrorAction SilentlyContinueDirectory: C:\Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name----                -------------     ------ -----arhs        25.09.2013     12:16       1208 lush.asx

lush.asx has the ReadOnly, Hidden and System attributes.

You may also want to pipe to | select Name, Length, Directory to get rid of that unfortunate Directory: C:\ line. There's also a DirectoryName if you want the full path without the filename.