How to show hidden files (dotfiles) with windows powershell

Question

When I have hidden files, like dotfiles or a .git directory: How can I list those files and directories in Powershell?

Neither Get-ChildItem, dir nor ls seem to show them.

Solution

In order to show such hidden files, use the -Force parameter for the Get-Childitem command.

Get-ChildItem . -Force

You also can use its aliases, with -Force

dir -Force
ls -Force
gci -Force

Also: if you want to delete fully delete e.g. the .git Directory, you may use Delete-Item .\.git -Force

EDIT

According to Get-Help Get-ChildItem -Examples "Example 3" this also works: dir -att h, !h

Comments

[Jason S]

Get-ChildItem -Attributes Hidden, !Hidden if you like to type

[Raúl Salinas-Monteagudo]

"ls -at h " would be the shortest

[plocks]

-force and -FORCE do work too.

[ricardoNava]

you can also do dir -Fo ls -Fo gci -Fo

[Naimul Kabir]

Thanks, man. @ricardoNava. This obviously made it much simpler.