Navigate to the directory where you have the files.

1. Select only the first five files and directories from the returned list, using the First parameter.

PS> Get-ChildItem . | Select-Object -First 5

2. Let us say you would like to pick the last five elements.

PS> Get-ChildItem . | Select-Object -Last 5

3. To skip the first three objects:

PS> Get-ChildItem . | Select-Object -Skip 3

4. If you would like to skip the last two objects:

PS> Get-ChildItem . | Select-Object -SkipLast 2

5. To pick the fourth element from the output:

PS> Get-ChildItem . | Select-Object -Index 3

6. Now, combine it with what we learnt in the previous recipe. Pick only the file names and the last modified time of the first four elements.

PS> Get-ChildItem . | select -Property Name, LastWriteTime -First 4