Episode 10 – Select-Object

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In this episode we explore all of the possibilities for one of the most used PowerShell cmdlets.

Basic Example:

Get-Process |select name, id

Parameters discussed:

• First
• Last
• Skip
• Unique

Return a string collection of the process names rather than an object with only a name property

Get-Process |select -ExpandProperty Name

Return the collection that exists within the access property

Get-Acl |select -ExpandProperty Access

Create a custom property with Name/Expression Hash

Get-Process |select @{Name='Modified Name';Expression={$_.Name + "_Modified"}}

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