It can be used to discover specific details to help you understand vulnerabilities and exploitability.
WINDOWS
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Test
Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Test\*.bat -Recurse -Force
Get-ChildItem -Path ./* -Include *.txt,*.bat -Recurse
Get-ChildItem -Path ./Data* -Include *.* -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt (get-date -month 7 -day 4)}
Get-ChildItem -Path ./Data* -Recurse | Where-Object {$_.LastWriteTime -gt (get-date -month 7 -day 4) -and $_.Attributes -notcontains "Directory"}
findstr /SI /M "password" *.xml *.i.i *.txt *.bat
NIX
find $directory -type f -name "*.sh" 2>/dev/null #find files with .sh extensions
find $directory -group {group-name} -name {file-name}
grep <string> -irl <path>
find $directory -user {user-name} -name {file-name}
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-childitem?view=powershell-7 https://www.pdq.com/blog/using-get-childitem-find-files/