You can use the Dir statement in PowerShell to display all files in the current directory:
Dir
If you would like to display all files including hidden files, then you can use the -Force parameter:
Dir -Force
And if you would like to display only the hidden files, then you can use the -Hidden parameter:
Dir -Hidden
The following example shows how to use each of these methods in practice.
Example: How to Show Hidden Files in PowerShell
We can use the Dir statement to view all files in our current directory:
Dir
The following screenshot shows how to use this syntax in practice:
This returns a total of four files in our current directory.
If we would like to display all files in the current directory including hidden files then we can use the following syntax:
Dir -Force
The following screenshot shows how to use this syntax in practice:
Notice that this returns a total of six files, which means there were two hidden files in the current directory.
To display only the hidden files, we can use the following syntax:
Dir -Hidden
The following screenshot shows how to use this syntax in practice:
Notice that this returns only the two files in the current directory that were hidden.
Related Tutorials
The following tutorials explain how to perform other common tasks in PowerShell:
PowerShell: How to Use Test-Path to Check Multiple Paths
PowerShell: How to Get File Name from Path
PowerShell: How to Get Last Folder in Path
