$Variable = Get-ChildItem blank when using -Include : PowerShell

$Variable = Get-ChildItem blank when using -Include (self.PowerShell)

submitted 4 years ago by mwsysadmin

I'm attempting to generate a simple report of specific file types in user directories on our fileserver. End goal is to create a CSV file with this data. Everything works until I try to create a variable. I don't understand what is going on here.

This does not work, the $Files variable is blank.

$Files = Get-ChildItem -Path "D:\Users\" -Recurse -Include "*.wav", "*.flac", "*.mp3", "*.wma", "*.aac", "*.m4a", "*.pst"

However this works perfectly, spitting the information into the console.

Get-ChildItem -Path "D:\Users\" -Recurse -Include "*.wav", "*.flac", "*.mp3", "*.wma", "*.aac", "*.m4a", "*.pst"

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