http://blogs.msdn.com/yvesdolc/archive/2007/03/21/find-item-that-used-to-be-dir-s.aspxUnder CMD.EXE, I used DIR /S a lot. Under PowerShell, this would translate as gci -r –fi . So I added the following to my profile: Function Find-ItemWithFilter { param ([ string ] $filter = $ ( throw "You must specify a filter ( e.g. * .doc )")) Get-ChildItemen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)