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Get WinSCPChildItem

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Get-WinSCPChildItem

SYNOPSIS

Recursively enumerates remote files.

SYNTAX

Get-WinSCPChildItem [[-Path] <String[]>] [-Depth <Int32>] [-Directory] [-File] [-Filter <String>] [-Name]
 [-Recurse] -WinSCPSession <Session> [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Recursively enumerates remote files.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

PS C:\> Get-WinSCPChildItem


   Directory: ./

Mode                  LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                  -------------     ------ ----
---------      6/30/2017 8:50:37 AM            ftpDir1
---------      6/30/2017 8:50:44 AM            ftpDir2
---------      6/30/2017 8:50:52 AM          0 ftpDoc1.txt
---------      6/30/2017 8:50:52 AM          0 ftpDoc2.txt

EXAMPLE 2

PS C:\> $sessionOption = New-WinSCPSessionOption -HostName $env:COMPUTERNAME -Protocol Ftp
PS C:\> New-WinSCPSession -SessionOption $sessionOption


Opened       Timeout HostName
------       ------- --------
True        00:01:00 ftp.dotps1.github.io


PS C:\> Get-WinSCPChildItem -File


   Directory: ./

Mode                  LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                  -------------     ------ ----
---------      6/30/2017 8:50:52 AM          0 ftpDoc1.txt
---------      6/30/2017 8:50:52 AM          0 ftpDoc2.txt


PS C:\> Remove-WinSCPSession

PARAMETERS

-Depth

The amount of directories to recurse.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Directory

Select directory objects only.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-File

Select file objects only.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Filter

Windows wildcard to filter files. To select all files, use null.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: Null
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Name

Gets only the names of the items in the locations.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Path

Full path to root remote directory to start enumeration in.

Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Recurse

Recurse into subdirectories.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WinSCPSession

It represents a session and provides methods for manipulating remote files over SFTP, SCP or FTP session.

Type: Session
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName)
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

WinSCP.Session

System.String[]

OUTPUTS

System.Array

NOTES

If both -Directory and -File switches are used, return nothing. This mimics the functionality of Get-ChildItem.

RELATED LINKS

WinSCP reference