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Dzej27
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Mar 02, 2021
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Select-Object -Property

Hi everOne!  

I'm completely beginner in this field saying "PowerShell" 

And maybe it could be a stupid question but like someone said "stupid question doesn't exist" soo , here i am 😜 

 

I have a small question: Please explain me one thing : When we using "Select-Object"  - and selecting  by -Property  so, how will I know whats available property i can choose  from?   For example we choosing -Property from Wim-Object from HardDisk like 

DeviceID, DriveType, VolumeName, FreeSpaceGB, Capacity, DriveType - how can i see this available list?

Thanks in advice dear DevOps! 

 

Greeting, Jacob :=> )

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  • farismalaeb's avatar
    farismalaeb
    Mar 02, 2021

    Dzej27 

    Hi Jacob,
    There is no silly, question you are welcome to ask what you want, we all been through the learning process.
    There is a nice command in PowerShell called, Get-Member
    You can use it after a pipeline of any command, and you will get all the property and methods.
    for example. the 

    Get-WMIObject -class Win32_operatingsystem

    will return only few information about the OperatingSystem class.

    but if you need to know more and other property, you will Pipeline the command to | Get-Member so it will be like

    Get-WMIObject -class Win32_operatingsystem | Get-Member

    from here you can know what are the available things you can place in your select.

    I recommend having also a look at the different between the Property and Method.

    Enjoy

     

     

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    farismalaeb
    Steel Contributor
    Mar 02, 2021

    Dzej27 

    Hi Jacob,
    There is no silly, question you are welcome to ask what you want, we all been through the learning process.
    There is a nice command in PowerShell called, Get-Member
    You can use it after a pipeline of any command, and you will get all the property and methods.
    for example. the 

    Get-WMIObject -class Win32_operatingsystem

    will return only few information about the OperatingSystem class.

    but if you need to know more and other property, you will Pipeline the command to | Get-Member so it will be like

    Get-WMIObject -class Win32_operatingsystem | Get-Member

    from here you can know what are the available things you can place in your select.

    I recommend having also a look at the different between the Property and Method.

    Enjoy

     

     

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    If this answer help, please click on best response.

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