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ms.date: 2/19/2019
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schema: 2.0.0
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# Get-ChildItem

## SYNOPSIS

Gets the items and child items in one or more specified locations.

## SYNTAX
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parameter specifies two levels of recursion. `Get-ChildItem` displays the contents of the directory
specified by the **Path** parameter and the two levels of subdirectories.

### Example 9: Getting hardlink information

In 6.2, an alternate view was added to get hardlink information.

```powershell
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\PathContainingHardLink | Format-Table -View childrenWithHardlink
```

## Parameters

### -Attributes
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# Get-Item

## SYNOPSIS

Gets the item at the specified location.

## SYNTAX
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Get-Item c:\Windows\*.* -Exclude "w*"
```

### Example 8: Getting hardlink information

In 6.2, an alternate view was added to get hardlink information.
To get the hardlink information, pipe the output to `Format-Table -View childrenWithHardlink`

```powershell
Get-Item -Path C:\PathWhichIsAHardLink | Format-Table -View childrenWithHardlink
```

## PARAMETERS

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