Get-ChildItem is probably the command that’s most used when working in PowerShell console. Next to file-system operations the command is also excellent to browse objects accessible via PSDrive(s). Most sysadmin’s are probably familiar with tools such as TreeSize and/or WinDirStat. Did you ever wonder why these tools are so much faster than Get-ChildItem? There is even a PowerShell TreeSize implementation available on the PSGallery, however it’s pretty slow when running on large file-servers.