Powershell Get-Childitem exclude sub directory with in a directory

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Hi all I have my folder structure as follows

D:\Exclude
     Include
     Include1
         Exclude
         Include

What I need is I would like to filter the directory Include1\Exclude this is what I tried which is not working

$Path ="D:\Exclude"
$DirList = Get-ChildItem -Path "$Path" -Recurse | where {$_.DirectoryName -ne "D:\Exclude\Include1\Exclude"}
$DirList

Do your folder names really like Exclude and include?

YanivK
– YanivK

2017-01-19 17:49:18 +00:00
Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 17:49 — YanivK
– YanivK, Commented Jan 19, 2017 at 17:49

FoxDeploy · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-19 15:02:16Z

5

Use the .FullName property instead of Directory name, like so.

 dir $path -Recurse  | measure | select Count

Count
-----
    4

PS C:\users\Stephen> dir $path -Recurse  | ?  FullName -ne "R:\Exclude\Include1\Exclude" |
>> measure | select Count

Count
-----
    3

answered Jan 19, 2017 at 15:02

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BenH Over a year ago

Note that if you are try to also filter out files in the exclude folder you will need to change it to FullName -notlike "D:\Exclude\Include1\Exclude*"

Esperento57 · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-21 10:05:49Z

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use a like with path of your dir to exclude dir and file

Get-ChildItem "D:\Exclude" -Recurse | where FullName -NotLike "D:\Exclude\Include1\Exclude\*"


#short version
gci "D:\Exclude" -Rec | ? FullName -NotLike "D:\Exclude\Include1\Exclude\*"

answered Jan 21, 2017 at 10:05

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