Powershell Bad Code #4: Search files with multiple extensions

Question: Why this code doesn’t display files with extensions (*docx, *.txt, *.pdf, *.xlsx ) in the folder (and subfolders)?

Not working

Working

Answer :

# Answer:
Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\demo' -Include @('*.docx', '*.txt', '*.pdf', '*.xlsx') -Recurse

# Explanation:
-Filter  : only accepts a single string.
-Include : accepts an array.

# Answer:

Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\demo' -Include @('*.docx', '*.txt', '*.pdf', '*.xlsx') -Recurse

# Explanation:

-Filter : only accepts a single string.

-Include : accepts an array.

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