equivalent of (dir/b > files.txt) in PowerShell

Question

dir/b > files.txt

I guess it has to be done in PowerShell to preserve unicode signs.

Answer 1

Get-ChildItem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name > files.txt

or shorter:

ls | % Name > files.txt

However, you can easily do the same in cmd:

cmd /u /c "dir /b > files.txt"

The /u switch tells cmd to write things redirected into files as Unicode.