Would you like to learn how to search for a file using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to search for files on a computer running Windows.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
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Tutorial Powershell – Search for files
Start a Powershell command-line.
Search for a file on the entire disk.
Here is the command output.
Search for a file on the entire disk, but display the full path.
Here is the command output.
In our example, we searched for a text file named TEST in the entire disk.
Search for modified files in the last 10 days.
Here is the command output.
In our example, we searched for text files modified in the last 10 days.
Congratulations! You are able to search files using Powershell.
