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I have problem with using where command. I have to search for specific exe file inside C:Program Files and output path of it.

Here's a script that does something along the lines you're after:

Get-ChildItem -Path $env:ProgramFiles -Recurse -Filter '*.exe' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object {$_.FullName -like '*git*'} | Select-Object FullName

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  Get-ChildItem lists all files & folders under the given path


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  -Path $env:ProgramFiles sends the value from the environment variable "ProgramFiles" (i.e. the path to the program files directory) to the Path argument of Get-ChildItem


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  -Recurse says to include subfolders (all the way down).


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  -Filter '*.exe' says to only return files with the .exe extension.


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  -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue says "if some issue occurs (e.g. you don't have access to a folder) don't throw up error messages; just carry on".


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  | is a pipeline character / says to send each output from the current command to the pipeline input of the next command. I.e. in this case Get-ChildItem is returning a bunch of FileSystemInfo objects, which get passed one by one to Where-Object for filtering.


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  Where-Object evaluates a boolean expression; anything that evaluates to true goes on through the pipeline; anything resulting in false gets blocked/ignored by all further operations.


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  {$_.FullName -like '*git*'} is the condition to evaluate. $_ is the current pipeline variable; i.e. each of the FileSystemInfo objects passed from the Get-ChildItem command's output. The FullName is the full path to the file/folder being represented (e.g. "c:program filessomethingsomethingelsefile.exe". -like '*git*' says "return any values where the full path contains the text git within the path (i.e. * being wildcard characters.


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  | Select-Object FullName then takes the results that are passed on by the Where-Object (i.e. those which matched the condition), and returns the single property, FullName from those objects; so you get a list of the exes' paths, rather than all of the properties describing them from the FileSystemInfo objects.

Full PowerShell documentation can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/

For help on any specific command, type Get-Help command, e.g. Get-Help Get-ChildItem.