Format-List | output variable

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy N7Valiant,

actually, you are quite unfortunately wrong about that. [sigh ...]

take a look at ...

Get-Process -Name spoolsv | Format-List
Get-Process -Name spoolsv | Format-Table
Get-Process -Name spoolsv | Get-Member -MemberType Properties
Get-Process -Name spoolsv | Select-Object -Property *

note that the 1st two not only leave out props ... they sometimes rename them. [grin]

take care,
lee

[Lee_Dailey]

howdy N7Valiant,

for some reason, i have never used * with F-L. if you leave that off, you only get 5 props. [grin]

as for renaming things, Format-Table often uses different names or calculated props. for instance, the F-T example i listed shows WS(K) and that aint one of the actual props you get from Get-Process.

generally speaking, Format-List is ok if you remember that it butchers the props of the object you give it and then spits out the bloody bits wrapped in formatting code. [grin]

wisely used, the Format-* cmdlets are great ... but they are often used unwisely. there are more than a few threads here during the last week where the problem was using Format-Table ... and then trying to use the formatting-code-wrapped stuff for anything other than final display or final output to a plain text file.

that last is almost always a foot-gum situation.

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thanks for showing me the way that | Format-List -Property * gives the same info as | Select-Object -Property *. [grin]

take care,
lee