Piped dir within Foreach - powershell

Question

I'm writing a script to delete pdf files older than 6 months in folder with the 'Email' prefix.
However, my second dir command within my foreach never runs, its code is blocked.
$Now = Get-Date;
$DaysTillDelete = "180";
$LastWrite = $Now.AddDays(-$DaysTillDelete);
$TargetFolder = "C:\Test EMDATA\EMDATA\";
$BackupPath = "\\SHPFS02\IT\EmPower Old";
$EmailFolders = #();
if(-Not(Test-Path -path ($TargetFolder + "\OldFiles" ))) {
mkdir -p ($TargetFolder +"\OldFiles");
}
$Network = Test-Path $BackupPath
#New-PSDrive -Name O -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "$BackupPath"; #-Credential $cred
Write-Host "Running Script"
dir $TargetFolder | %{
# Only delete files with the Email prefix
$name = $_.Name;
if ($_.Name.Length -le 5) {return;}
$id = $_.Name.SubString(0,5);
if ($id -eq "Email")
{
Write-Host "Found slip folder"
$EmailFolders += $TargetFolder + $_;
}
}
ForEach ($folder in $EmailFolders)
{
Write-Host $folder;
dir -path $folder -include *.pdf | %{
Write-Host "Checking" $name;
# Only select files older than 6 months
if( $_.LastWriteTime -le "$LastWrite")
{
$activeItem = Get-Item $TargetFolder + $_;
#Move files into oldfiles
Write-Host $TargetFolder
move-item -path $activeItem -destination ($TargetFolder + "OldFiles\");
if ($Network)
{
move-item -path $activeItem -destination "O:\";
}
Write-Host $_;
remove-item $activeItem;
Write-Host "Deleting" + $name;
}
}
}
The script works till line 31 but doesn't continue on past line 32 and being a fairly beginner PS user I can't see why.

Answer 1

Only use -include with the -recurse parameter.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh849800.aspx
The Include parameter is effective only when the command includes the
Recurse parameter or the path leads to the contents of a directory,
such as C:\Windows*, where the wildcard character specifies the
contents of the C:\Windows directory.
What you want instead is the -filter parameter:
dir -path $folder -filter *.pdf