Jeffrey Hicks shows us a quick way to retrieve information on folder sizes:
It is simple enough to run Get-Childitem and pipe the results to Measure-Object.
But this can be often time consuming. The other drawbacks, besides typing is it takes extra work for format the results into something more user friendly. And if i want to include hidden files, I have to remember to use -Force with Get-ChildItem.
Cmdlets are nice and convenient. And I always recommend to beginner or even intermediate scripters, if there is a cmdlet to use over the .NET Framework, use the cmdlet. But there are always exceptions and as you grow in expertise, you’ll realize there are times when going directly to the .NET Framework is a better choice. Which is what I have done.
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