René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Strange behavior with Get-ChildItem","articleBody":"\r\nSteps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n$Path='C:\\temp'\r\n#remove-item \"$Path\\TestPS\"  -recurse\r\nmd \"$Path\\TestPS\"\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\\F*.txt\" -File -Recurse #OK no file\r\n\r\nmd \"$Path\\TestPS\\D1\"\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\" -Directory -Recurse #Ok one directory\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\\*\" -Directory -Recurse #NOK no result\r\n\r\n\"Test\" \u003e \"$Path\\TestPS\\D1\\File1.txt\"\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\\F*.txt\" -File -Recurse #OK one file\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\" -File -Recurse #OK one file\r\n\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\\*\" -File -Recurse #NOK no result\r\n\r\n#Add a file into the 'root' of the search \r\n\"Test\" \u003e \"$Path\\TestPS\\File2.txt\"\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\\*\" -File -Recurse #OK two files !!! Different !!!\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\\*\" -Directory -Recurse #OK one directory !!! Different !!! \r\n\r\n\r\nremove-item \"$Path\\TestPS\\File2.txt\"\r\n#The 'root' of the search is empty \r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\\*\" -File -Recurse #NOK no result\r\nget-childitem -path \"$Path\\TestPS\\*\" -Directory -Recurse #NOK no result\r\n\r\n#original path\r\n#Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\\Users\\laurent\\AppData\\Local\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\*.default*' -File -Rec\r\n\r\n#it works\r\n#Get-ChildItem -Path 'C:\\Users\\laurent\\AppData\\Local\\Mozilla\\Firefox\\Profiles\\*.default*' -Rec|Where-Object {-not $_.PSIsContainer}\r\n```\r\n\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\nThe following calls must return existing files or directories :\r\n```Powershell\r\nget-childitem -path 'C:\\Temp\\TestPS\\*\" -File -Recurse\r\nget-childitem -path 'C:\\Temp\\TestPS\\*\" -Directoyr -Recurse\r\n```\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\nWhen the 'root' of the search ('C:\\Temp\\TestPS') is empty, the search do not return all entries :\r\n\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e $PSVersionTable\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      6.0.0-beta.9\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.9\r\nOS                             Microsoft Windows 6.1.7601 S\r\nPlatform                       Win32NT\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.10032.0, 6.0.0}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\n\r\n```\r\nSame problem with For Windows PowerShell v 5.1.14409.1012 :\r\n```powershell\r\n\u003e $PSVersionTable \r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      5.1.14409.1012\r\nPSEdition                      Desktop\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.14409.1012}\r\nBuildVersion                   10.0.14409.1012\r\nCLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/LaurentDardenne","@type":"Person","name":"LaurentDardenne"},"datePublished":"2017-10-29T09:34:02.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":9},"url":"https://github.com/5269/PowerShell/issues/5269"}