Get-ChildItem

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Recursive search in PowerShell

# in PowerShell
Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $env:WinDir -Recurse -Hidden -System -Depth 1

Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $pwd -Recurse -Filter "*.txt"

# note the backtick ` for multiline commands
Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $pwd -Recurse | `
>> Where-Object {$_.Name -eq "this_exact_name_no_wildcards"}