Which command lists all child items recursively within a directory?

Which command lists all child items recursively within a directory?

• A. Get-ChildItem C:\Scripts -recurse
• B. Get-ChildItem C:\Scripts
• C. Remove-Item C:\Scripts -Recurse
• D. Get-ChildItem -Directory C:\Scripts -Recurse

Answer: (A)

You’re being tested on how to enumerate every item inside a directory, including all levels of subdirectories, using PowerShell. Get-ChildItem lists the contents of a directory, and the -Recurse flag tells it to walk through all subdirectories, returning both files and directories it encounters. Therefore, the command that starts at C:\Scripts and includes -Recurse will produce a full recursive listing of all child items. The non-recursive form would show only the immediate items in C:\Scripts. The Remove-Item variant would delete the contents rather than list them. The variant that adds -Directory filters results to directories only, so files would be omitted, which does not meet the requirement of listing all child items. In short, using Get-ChildItem with -Recurse on the target path gives the complete recursive listing of both files and directories.

You’re being tested on how to enumerate every item inside a directory, including all levels of subdirectories, using PowerShell. Get-ChildItem lists the contents of a directory, and the -Recurse flag tells it to walk through all subdirectories, returning both files and directories it encounters. Therefore, the command that starts at C:\Scripts and includes -Recurse will produce a full recursive listing of all child items. The non-recursive form would show only the immediate items in C:\Scripts. The Remove-Item variant would delete the contents rather than list them. The variant that adds -Directory filters results to directories only, so files would be omitted, which does not meet the requirement of listing all child items. In short, using Get-ChildItem with -Recurse on the target path gives the complete recursive listing of both files and directories.