Which cmdlet lists the contents of a directory in PowerShell?

• A. Copy-Item
• B. Get-ChildItem
• C. Move-Item
• D. Get-Content

Answer: (B)

To list what's inside a directory in PowerShell, you use a cmdlet that retrieves items from a path. Get-ChildItem queries the filesystem and returns objects representing each file and subfolder in that location. It’s the PowerShell equivalent of dir/ls. The other commands have different roles: Copy-Item duplicates items, Move-Item relocates them, and Get-Content reads the actual data inside a file. You can run it with a path, like Get-ChildItem C:\Users, and you can add -Recurse to descend into subdirectories or -Force to show hidden items. The output exposes properties such as Name, FullName, Length, and LastWriteTime, helping you understand what’s in the directory.