•Arnošt Havelka
Select Properties with Select-Object
Filter and display specific properties using Select-Object.
Start Interactive Lesson
The Select-Object cmdlet lets you choose which properties to display from objects. Keep output focused and readable.
Selecting Specific Properties
Try the command
Select specific properties!
Build the command
Get-ChildItem | Select-Object [property]
-Property NameShow only names
-Property Name, LengthShow name and size
-First 5Show first 5 items
Terminal
C:\Users\User>Get-ChildItem | Select-Object [property]
Focused Output
Command Prompt
[Shows many properties: Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, Name, etc.]
C:\Users\User>Get-ChildItem
Knowledge Check
1 / 1How do you select only the Name property?
References
These documentation links provide authoritative details for the commands used in this article.