Files with java extension Get-ChildItem "*" -Filter *.java | ForEach-Object { Get-Content $_.FullName | Measure-Object -line } Get-ChildItem "*" -Filter *.java | ForEach-Object { Get-Content $_.Name | Measure-Object -line } dir * -recurse | select Fullname,@{name="LineCount";expression={ @(get-content $_.fullname).count }} dir * -recurse | select Name,@{name="LineCount";expression={ @(get-content $_.fullname).count }} ፠ Looks like it ignores empty lines. lastwritetime Eng lastwritetime {"mean":[],"word":"lastwritetime","phoneticSymbol":""} ls -R *.java | % { $_ | select name, lastwritetime, @{n="lines";e={ get-content $_ | measure-object -line | select -expa lines } } } | ft -AutoSize ls -R | Where {$_.extension -in ".java", ".xml", ".jsp", ".js"} ls -R *.java,*.xml