i am trying to open 20+ .txt files in a directory. i navigate the shell into the directory and tried to issue the following commands but they fail:
./*.txt
//however t6.txt is a file in the directory and the command ./t6.txt works to open the single filenotepad.exe Get-ChildItem .\*.txt
since notepad.exe .\t6.txt works i tried thisnotepad.exe | Get-ChildItem *.txt
opens an untitled blank notepad instance?!
i have found some really great answers that provide solutions including this one!
i think i have a fundamental misunderstanding of how the shell works underneath the hood. i am a lot surprised that i couldn't find this question elsewhere. i think that explanations to how these statement are dumb/stupid/bad may provide the context necessary for me to interpret the documentation properly and un-!#@$ my thinking. thanks for the help in advance