•Arnošt Havelka
Select Properties with Select-Object
Filter and display specific properties using Select-Object.
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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[arguments]|Select-Object[arguments]
Get-ChildItem|Select-Object
Terminal
PS C:\Users\Student>Get-ChildItem | Select-Object -Property Name
Documents
Downloads
Desktop
welcome.txt
select-me.txt
Focused Output
Terminal
file1.txt
file2.txt
PS C:\Users\Student\Documents\SelectDemo>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.
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Filter with Where-Object
Use Where-Object to find items matching conditions.