title: how to get get-item cmdlet's output to variable as string
body: <p>i mean when i call get-item with directory it dump to console like this</p>
  
  <pre><code>    ----                -------------     ------ ----
  d----         2/16/2011   8:27 PM            2011-2-16
  -a---         2/13/2011   8:24 PM 3906877184 SWP-Full Database Backup_2011-02-13
                                             0
  -a---         2/16/2011   8:23 PM 3919766476 SWP-Full Database Backup_2011-02-16.bak
                                             8
  -a---         2/12/2011   8:18 PM 3906877747 SWP-Full Database Backup_2011-02-12
                                             2
  -a---         2/14/2011   8:21 PM 3875484467 SWP-Full Database Backup_2011-02-14
                                             2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but when i convert to string it changes as</p>
  
  <pre><code>\\192.168.2.89\BwLive\2011-2-16 \\192.168.2.89\BwLive\SWP-Full Database Backup_2011-02-13 \\192.168.2.89\BwLive\SWP-Full
   Database Backup_2011-02-16.bak \\192.168.2.89\BwLive\SWP-Full Database Backup_2011-02-12 \\192.168.2.89\BwLive\SWP-Full
   Database Backup_2011-02-14
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i mean length,size,time attributes is omitted 
  how can i keep these attributes while converting to string?</p>
  
  <p>thanks.</p>