Searching with Get-ChildItem over the network - powershell

Question

I'm having an issue while searching with PowerShell over the network; program get stuck while executing Get-ChildItem.
# creating search string
$date = "*2018-01-10*"
$format = ".avi"
$toSearch = $date + $format
echo $toSearch
# Verifying A: drive to be disconnected
net use /d A: /y
# connecting Network drive to local drive A:
if (Test-Connection -ComputerName PROC-033-SV -Quiet) {net use A: \\PROC-033-SV\c$}
# getting list of directories to search on
$userList = Get-ChildItem -Path A:\users\*.* -Directory
# verifying list of directories prior to search
echo $userList
# searching through Network, on A:\Users\ subdirectories for $toSearch variable
Get-ChildItem -Path $userList -Include $toSearch -Recurse -Force
# *** HERE's where the program get stuck, it nevers stop searching
# it nevers reach pause
pause
Does anyone know why Get-ChildItem keeps looping and it never stops?
I'm using PS v4 no -Depth option available for -Recurse parameter; I'm suspecting that might be the issue.

Answer 1

If you want to limit recursion depth in PowerShell v4 and earlier you could wrap Get-ChildItem in a custom function, e.g. like this:
function Get-ChildItemRecursive {
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
[Parameter(
Mandatory=$false,
ValueFromPipeline=$true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true
)]
[string[]]$Path = $PWD.Path,
[Paramter(Mandatory=$false)]
[string]$Filter = '*.*',
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
[int]$Depth = 0
)
Process {
Get-ChildItem -Path $Path -Filter $Filter
if ($Depth -gt 0) {
Get-ChildItem -Path $Path |
Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer } |
Get-ChildItemRecursive -Filter $Filter -Depth ($Depth - 1)
}
}
}