have Powershell get-childitem return files only

Question

I'd like to use get-childitem recursively, but only have it return files not directories. The best solution I have just doesn't seem natural:

gci . *.* -rec | where { $_.GetType().Name -eq "FileInfo" }

Answer 1

Try this:

gci . *.* -rec | where { ! $_.PSIsContainer }

Answer 2

In Powershell 3.0, it is simpler,

dir -Directory #List only directories
dir -File #List only files

This is even shorter,

dir -ad # alis for -Directory
dir -af # alias for -File