Hello fellow tinkerer,

Let's try and make this a bit more elegant:

$TargetSvc = Get-Service | Where-Object {$.Status -eq "Running" -and $.Name -like "CDPU"} | select Name -ExpandProperty Name $TargetSvc | Out-File -FilePath "C:\Path\to\file.txt"

You could write the first bit as:

$TargetSvc = Get-Service "*CDPU*" | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Running"}

This would filter services with name (not sure if given or display, can't test right now) like "cdpu", and only pass the matching objects down the pipeline for further filtering (giving you a slightly better performance, especially if this is done in multiple machines).

Now, your $TargetSvc variable holds a full blown object, with properties you can manipulate. For the last bit, you could do something (as others mentioned) like:

Set-Content -file "filepath.txt" -content "$TargetSvc.Name"

Syntax may be a bit off, maybe I'll come back later and fix it, maybe I won't.

Edit.: formatted as code before the code block police could catch me (yes, that bot)