As we covered in part 1, if you think of an excel spreadsheet as a table of data or in Powershell as an array of objects. Each column has a header which is known as Properties and a data type, while rows or records are known as Objects (or PSCustomObject). Here are some examples of Object arrays.
PS C:\> $serverstatus = import-csv C:\ServerStatus.csv
PS C:\> $serverstatus | Format-Table -AutoSize
ServerName TimeStamp RDPPort Results
---------- --------- ------- -------
server1 2015-06-26T09:35:51 3389 Up
server2 2015-06-26T09:35:52 3389 Up
server3 2015-06-26T09:35:53 3389 Up
server4 2015-06-26T09:35:54 3389 Up
server5 2015-06-26T09:35:55 3389 Up
PS C:\> $serverstatus.GetType() #[] indicates array, so this is a data type of Object Array
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True Object[] System.Array
PS C:\> $serverstatus[0] #from part 1 - indexing the array, 0 = the first record
ServerName TimeStamp RDPPort Results
---------- --------- ------- -------
server1 2015-06-26T09:35:51 3389 Up
PS C:\> $serverstatus[0].ServerName.GetType() #The data type of the property server name is of type String
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True String System.Object
PS C:\> $serverstatus[0].TimeStamp # referencing the
2015-06-26T09:35:51
PS C:\> $cdrive = Get-ChildItem #dir is the alias for Get-ChildItem.
PS C:\> $cdrive | Format-Table -AutoSize
Directory: C:\
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 6/30/2015 5:01 PM HyperV
d----- 5/23/2015 6:06 AM PerfLogs
d-r--- 7/2/2015 5:23 PM Program Files
d-r--- 7/1/2015 6:54 PM Program Files (x86)
d-r--- 6/20/2015 7:05 PM Users
d----- 6/27/2015 8:20 AM Windows
PS C:\> $cdrive.GetType() #again, we can see it's an Object Array
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True Object[] System.Array
PS C:\> $cdrive | Get-Member #By default, get-member is only looking at the first object in the array
TypeName: System.IO.DirectoryInfo
Name MemberType Definition
---- ---------- ----------
Mode CodeProperty System.String Mode{get=Mode;}
Create Method void Create(), void Create(System.Security.AccessControl.DirectorySecurity ...
CreateObjRef Method System.Runtime.Remoting.ObjRef CreateObjRef(type requestedType)
CreateSubdirectory Method System.IO.DirectoryInfo CreateSubdirectory(string path), System.IO.Director...
Delete Method void Delete(), void Delete(bool recursive)
EnumerateDirectories Method System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.IO.DirectoryInfo] EnumerateDi...
EnumerateFiles Method System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.IO.FileInfo] EnumerateFiles()...
EnumerateFileSystemInfos Method System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable[System.IO.FileSystemInfo] EnumerateF...
Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetAccessControl Method System.Security.AccessControl.DirectorySecurity GetAccessControl(), System....
GetDirectories Method System.IO.DirectoryInfo[] GetDirectories(), System.IO.DirectoryInfo[] GetDi...
GetFiles Method System.IO.FileInfo[] GetFiles(string searchPattern), System.IO.FileInfo[] G...
GetFileSystemInfos Method System.IO.FileSystemInfo[] GetFileSystemInfos(string searchPattern), System...
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetLifetimeService Method System.Object GetLifetimeService()
GetObjectData Method void GetObjectData(System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info, Sys...
GetType Method type GetType()
InitializeLifetimeService Method System.Object InitializeLifetimeService()
MoveTo Method void MoveTo(string destDirName)
Refresh Method void Refresh()
SetAccessControl Method void SetAccessControl(System.Security.AccessControl.DirectorySecurity direc...
ToString Method string ToString()
PSChildName NoteProperty string PSChildName=AMD
PSDrive NoteProperty PSDriveInfo PSDrive=C
PSIsContainer NoteProperty bool PSIsContainer=True
PSParentPath NoteProperty string PSParentPath=Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\
PSPath NoteProperty string PSPath=Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\AMD
PSProvider NoteProperty ProviderInfo PSProvider=Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem
Attributes Property System.IO.FileAttributes Attributes {get;set;}
CreationTime Property datetime CreationTime {get;set;}
CreationTimeUtc Property datetime CreationTimeUtc {get;set;}
Exists Property bool Exists {get;}
Extension Property string Extension {get;}
FullName Property string FullName {get;}
LastAccessTime Property datetime LastAccessTime {get;set;}
LastAccessTimeUtc Property datetime LastAccessTimeUtc {get;set;}
LastWriteTime Property datetime LastWriteTime {get;set;}
LastWriteTimeUtc Property datetime LastWriteTimeUtc {get;set;}
Name Property string Name {get;}
Parent Property System.IO.DirectoryInfo Parent {get;}
Root Property System.IO.DirectoryInfo Root {get;}
BaseName ScriptProperty System.Object BaseName {get=$this.Name;}
LinkType ScriptProperty System.Object LinkType {get=[Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InternalSymbolic...
Target ScriptProperty System.Object Target {get=[Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InternalSymbolicLi...
PS C:\> $processes = Get-Process #Gets the current active processes
PS C:\> $processes | Format-Table -AutoSize #there are many more properties per object, but only these 8 are being shown
Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
480 29 69460 37712 2097402 2.41 6236 ApplicationFrameHost
275 34 90344 71268 396 275.47 3524 chrome
206 21 28128 13200 198 1.48 3600 chrome
206 20 27776 15156 196 1.61 3740 chrome
208 21 29668 12836 198 1.45 3744 chrome
4301 146 232976 253580 1291 16,956.36 5072 chrome
94 9 4424 3572 2097235 1.45 3108 conhost
114 11 10908 10148 2097277 7.80 6264 conhost
114 10 4844 11348 2097246 2.09 9760 conhost
354 14 1308 1512 2097204 2.98 540 csrss
705 49 13956 6252 2097341 122.59 692 csrss
238 12 2784 2460 2097253 0.39 5636 dllhost
1064 65 203812 45616 2097693 617.16 1204 dwm
2791 211 158364 125988 2098011 577.27 3948 explorer
37 7 924 1300 2097209 0.17 6824 fontdrvhost
0 0 0 4 0 0 Idle
234 15 2800 3032 69 0.16 8136 LMS
1759 30 8056 13904 2097205 65.52 824 lsass
1603 68 95844 43124 2098071 2,758.66 8128 mmc
353 35 26680 7628 592 2.41 6984 MOM
596 67 123360 80576 2097484 1,872.06 2420 MsMpEng
962 34 41648 22180 2097413 477.55 716 mstsc
269 14 9744 2324 2097206 200.13 3000 NisSrv
996 67 130260 116112 2097932 12.22 3628 powershell
1063 82 421540 449268 2098281 62.19 11572 powershell
1173 47 37088 52140 2097484 59.64 4048 RuntimeBroker
112 8 1172 5684 2097186 0.00 10644 SearchFilterHost
813 75 43600 44424 2097584 94.95 4148 SearchIndexer
735 25 6720 20576 2097495 0.11 12072 SearchProtocolHost
966 82 94528 103820 33439 7.97 4460 SearchUI
291 12 4316 4884 2097189 22.48 816 services
864 43 88108 55028 405 3,876.80 3572 ShellExperienceHost
408 18 5588 14368 2097295 7.41 3612 sihost
49 3 336 316 2097156 0.08 344 smss
176 13 3288 3124 2097252 1.23 7880 splwow64
466 31 8920 8808 2097258 22.00 1524 spoolsv
915 53 9596 13912 2098446 12.58 436 svchost
2388 75 28756 49576 2097395 2,164.47 812 svchost
644 22 6808 11160 2097222 12.31 932 svchost
703 23 6044 8404 2097238 60.58 988 svchost
937 31 13752 16112 2097246 2,608.06 1064 svchost
709 38 6976 10896 2097248 7.03 1076 svchost
593 31 7184 9836 2101998 231.47 1304 svchost
220 17 2256 3872 2097197 3.28 1316 svchost
516 44 18376 20044 2097281 37.47 1356 svchost
469 25 19024 25668 2097318 71.41 2284 svchost
260 17 6612 11388 2097862 26.20 2368 svchost
201 14 3328 2440 2097239 0.03 3620 svchost
1647 0 448 63616 129 2,523.84 4 System
343 30 6412 9044 2097515 2.13 3696 taskhostw
413 27 16992 25596 2097361 1,212.61 2476 Taskmgr
145 12 1904 3360 2097210 2.38 7740 unsecapp
568 26 16380 18020 2097282 574.36 2376 vmms
507 27 41316 9784 2097276 1,244.92 2244 vmwp
84 8 904 1032 2097194 0.05 684 wininit
213 10 1864 3444 2097213 0.47 772 winlogon
356 18 9144 12744 2097240 2,362.16 2732 WmiPrvSE
143 10 2480 5460 2097189 0.41 5716 WmiPrvSE
480 23 7232 18772 2097297 0.95 4156 WSHost
PS C:\> $processes.GetType() #Again, you can see it's an Object Array
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True Object[] System.Array
PS C:\> $processes[0] | Format-List * #Now we get to see the full list of properties per object, similar to Get-Member
__NounName : Process
Name : ApplicationFrameHost
Handles : 480
VM : 2199285780480
WS : 38617088
PM : 71127040
NPM : 29232
Path : C:\Windows\system32\ApplicationFrameHost.exe
Company : Microsoft Corporation
CPU : 2.40625
FileVersion : 10.0.10130.0 (fbl_impressive.150522-2224)
ProductVersion : 10.0.10130.0
Description : Application Frame Host
Product : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Id : 6236
PriorityClass : Normal
HandleCount : 480
WorkingSet : 38617088
PagedMemorySize : 71127040
PrivateMemorySize : 71127040
VirtualMemorySize : 262524928
TotalProcessorTime : 00:00:02.4062500
BasePriority : 8
ExitCode :
HasExited : False
ExitTime :
Handle : 5628
SafeHandle : Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeProcessHandle
MachineName : .
MainWindowHandle : 266852
MainWindowTitle : Calculator
MainModule : System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule (ApplicationFrameHost.exe)
MaxWorkingSet : 1413120
MinWorkingSet : 204800
Modules : {System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule (ApplicationFrameHost.exe),
System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule (ntdll.dll), System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule
(KERNEL32.DLL), System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule (KERNELBASE.dll)...}
NonpagedSystemMemorySize : 29232
NonpagedSystemMemorySize64 : 29232
PagedMemorySize64 : 71127040
PagedSystemMemorySize : 456312
PagedSystemMemorySize64 : 456312
PeakPagedMemorySize : 72245248
PeakPagedMemorySize64 : 72245248
PeakWorkingSet : 66281472
PeakWorkingSet64 : 66281472
PeakVirtualMemorySize : 266883072
PeakVirtualMemorySize64 : 2199290138624
PriorityBoostEnabled : True
PrivateMemorySize64 : 71127040
PrivilegedProcessorTime : 00:00:01.7500000
ProcessName : ApplicationFrameHost
ProcessorAffinity : 15
Responding : True
SessionId : 1
StartInfo : System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
StartTime : 6/30/2015 3:54:14 PM
SynchronizingObject :
Threads : {7732, 6172, 3132, 7996...}
UserProcessorTime : 00:00:00.6562500
VirtualMemorySize64 : 2199285780480
EnableRaisingEvents : False
StandardInput :
StandardOutput :
StandardError :
WorkingSet64 : 38617088
Site :
Container :
PS C:\> $processes[0].PrivilegedProcessorTime.GetType() #the property here is of data type TimeSpan.
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True TimeSpan System.ValueType
With Get-Process, the process objects themselves have many properties by default. One way to make a custom object array is to select a subset from a larger object array. By far, this is likely what you'll be doing in most of your scripting, so I'm going to break it down for you.
Sorting
As with simple string arrays, you can sort any custom object array in ascending or descending order, however with object arrays, you must specify which property you wish to sort on.
PS C:\> $cdrive | sort LastWriteTime #sort by the the last time the directory was written to
Directory: C:\
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d----- 5/23/2015 6:06 AM PerfLogs
d-r--- 6/20/2015 7:05 PM Users
d----- 6/27/2015 8:20 AM Windows
d----- 6/30/2015 5:01 PM HyperV
d-r--- 7/1/2015 6:54 PM Program Files (x86)
d-r--- 7/2/2015 5:23 PM Program Files
PS C:\> $serverstatus | sort Servername -Descending #sort in reverse order the servername property
ServerName TimeStamp RDPPort Results
---------- --------- ------- -------
server5 2015-06-26T09:35:51 3389 Up
server4 2015-06-26T09:35:55 3389 Up
server3 2015-06-26T09:35:54 3389 Up
server2 2015-06-26T09:35:53 3389 Up
server1 2015-06-26T09:35:52 3389 Up
Selecting
By far one of the most useful object array modifiers and you'll send up using it the most of these. Selecting is a way to remove certain properties from an array, which allows you to do away with the extra columns of data you don't need. Select is easy to use, just pipe in your object array and list which properties you want output. We briefly touched on special parameters like -First <#>, -Skip <#>, and -Last <#> which actually work on a record level, not the properties.
PS C:\> $cdrive | select FullName,Attributes,CreationTime,LastAccessTime -Last 3 #Only returns the last 3 entries of the array
FullName Attributes CreationTime LastAccessTime
-------- ---------- ------------ --------------
C:\Program Files (x86) ReadOnly, Directory, Compressed 5/23/2015 4:52:28 AM 7/1/2015 6:54:47 PM
C:\Users ReadOnly, Directory, Compressed 5/23/2015 4:52:28 AM 6/20/2015 7:05:34 PM
C:\Windows Directory, Compressed 5/23/2015 4:52:28 AM 6/27/2015 8:20:52 AM
PS C:\> $processes | Select Name,VirtualMemorySize64,BasePriority,Company -First 4 -Skip 1
Name VirtualMemorySize64 BasePriority Company
---- ------------------- ------------ -------
chrome 1354072064 8 Google Inc.
chrome 470994944 8 Google Inc.
chrome 319963136 8 Google Inc.
chrome 474648576 8 Google Inc.
PS C:\> $processes | select * -First 1 #Select * is the wildcard for all properties. This is the same as $processes[0] | Select *
__NounName : Process
Name : ApplicationFrameHost
Handles : 480
VM : 2199285780480
WS : 38617088
PM : 71127040
NPM : 29232
Path : C:\Windows\system32\ApplicationFrameHost.exe
Company : Microsoft Corporation
CPU : 2.40625
FileVersion : 10.0.10130.0 (fbl_impressive.150522-2224)
ProductVersion : 10.0.10130.0
Description : Application Frame Host
Product : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Id : 6236
PriorityClass : Normal
HandleCount : 480
WorkingSet : 38617088
PagedMemorySize : 71127040
PrivateMemorySize : 71127040
VirtualMemorySize : 262524928
TotalProcessorTime : 00:00:02.4062500
BasePriority : 8
ExitCode :
HasExited : False
ExitTime :
Handle : 5628
SafeHandle : Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeProcessHandle
MachineName : .
MainWindowHandle : 266852
MainWindowTitle : Calculator
MainModule : System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule (ApplicationFrameHost.exe)
MaxWorkingSet : 1413120
MinWorkingSet : 204800
Modules : {System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule (ApplicationFrameHost.exe),
System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule (ntdll.dll), System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule
(KERNEL32.DLL), System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule (KERNELBASE.dll)...}
NonpagedSystemMemorySize : 29232
NonpagedSystemMemorySize64 : 29232
PagedMemorySize64 : 71127040
PagedSystemMemorySize : 456312
PagedSystemMemorySize64 : 456312
PeakPagedMemorySize : 72245248
PeakPagedMemorySize64 : 72245248
PeakWorkingSet : 66281472
PeakWorkingSet64 : 66281472
PeakVirtualMemorySize : 266883072
PeakVirtualMemorySize64 : 2199290138624
PriorityBoostEnabled : True
PrivateMemorySize64 : 71127040
PrivilegedProcessorTime : 00:00:01.7500000
ProcessName : ApplicationFrameHost
ProcessorAffinity : 15
Responding : True
SessionId : 1
StartInfo : System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
StartTime : 6/30/2015 3:54:14 PM
SynchronizingObject :
Threads : {7732, 6172, 3132, 7996...}
UserProcessorTime : 00:00:00.6562500
VirtualMemorySize64 : 2199285780480
EnableRaisingEvents : False
StandardInput :
StandardOutput :
StandardError :
WorkingSet64 : 38617088
Site :
Container :
Where Clause
If you are familiar with SQL, you'll recognize the Where-Object (aka "where" or "?" aliases) as a way to exclude certain records given a conditional check to each record. If a True is produced, the record is included, if a False is calculated, the record is excluded. The parameter for Where-Object is actually a script block which is ran on each record.
PS C:\> $cdrive | Where-Object{$_.mode -like "*r*"} #returns only records that have the read only attribute set on them (R from mode property).
Directory: C:\
Mode LastWriteTime Length Name
---- ------------- ------ ----
d-r--- 7/2/2015 5:23 PM Program Files
d-r--- 7/1/2015 6:54 PM Program Files (x86)
d-r--- 6/20/2015 7:05 PM Users
PS C:\> $processes | Where-Object {$_.company -notlike "*microsoft*"} #returns only records of processes that aren't labeled as Microsoft
Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
4301 146 232976 253580 1291 ...35.02 5072 chrome
255 38 171652 146496 449 1,789.36 8516 chrome
253 29 60472 42340 305 239.45 8524 chrome
285 40 119432 114596 453 1,657.22 8872 chrome
404 72 284048 523196 1041 ...49.17 8976 chrome
322 40 91900 101556 349 1,574.55 9076 chrome
289 37 100332 112892 342 74.33 9628 chrome
248 30 91844 69756 277 305.22 10400 chrome
302 37 113524 85084 433 466.67 11176 chrome
292 40 132888 138396 334 55.25 11636 chrome
354 14 1308 1512 ...04 2.98 540 csrss
705 49 13956 6252 ...41 126.80 692 csrss
0 0 0 4 0 0 Idle
234 15 2800 3032 69 0.16 8136 LMS
353 35 26680 7628 592 2.44 6984 MOM
596 67 123360 80576 ...84 1,876.20 2420 MsMpEng
269 14 9744 2324 ...06 200.53 3000 NisSrv
112 8 1172 5684 ...86 10644 SearchFilterHost
735 25 6720 20576 ...95 12072 SearchProtocolHost
966 82 94528 103820 33439 7.97 4460 SearchUI
291 12 4316 4884 ...89 22.70 816 services
49 3 336 316 ...56 0.08 344 smss
1647 0 448 63616 129 2,550.19 4 System
84 8 904 1032 ...94 0.05 684 wininit
Grouping
Grouping actually creates a nested object array (and object array inside of an object array) and is a bit more advanced and less used, so I'm only going to mention it for now. Grouping finds the matching records by the property specified and colapses the records into a new property called Group which is a nested array. Count is also generated to show how many objects are inside of the group property.
PS C:\> $serverstatus | group results #since all of the results were up, there's only one entry in this group output.
Count Name Group
----- ---- -----
5 Up {@{ServerName=server1; TimeStamp=2015-06-26T09:35:51; RDPPort=3389; Results=Up}, @{Serve...
PS C:\> $processes | group ProcessName
Count Name Group
----- ---- -----
1 ApplicationFrameHost {System.Diagnostics.Process (ApplicationFrameHost)}
9 chrome {System.Diagnostics.Process (chrome), System.Diagnostics.Process (chrome), System.Di...
3 conhost {System.Diagnostics.Process (conhost), System.Diagnostics.Process (conhost), System....
2 csrss {System.Diagnostics.Process (csrss), System.Diagnostics.Process (csrss)}
1 dllhost {System.Diagnostics.Process (dllhost)}
1 dwm {System.Diagnostics.Process (dwm)}
1 explorer {System.Diagnostics.Process (explorer)}
1 fontdrvhost {System.Diagnostics.Process (fontdrvhost)}
1 Idle {System.Diagnostics.Process (Idle)}
1 LMS {System.Diagnostics.Process (LMS)}
1 lsass {System.Diagnostics.Process (lsass)}
1 mmc {System.Diagnostics.Process (mmc)}
1 MOM {System.Diagnostics.Process (MOM)}
1 MsMpEng {System.Diagnostics.Process (MsMpEng)}
1 mstsc {System.Diagnostics.Process (mstsc)}
1 NisSrv {System.Diagnostics.Process (NisSrv)}
2 powershell {System.Diagnostics.Process (powershell), System.Diagnostics.Process (powershell)}
1 RuntimeBroker {System.Diagnostics.Process (RuntimeBroker)}
1 SearchFilterHost {System.Diagnostics.Process (SearchFilterHost)}
1 SearchIndexer {System.Diagnostics.Process (SearchIndexer)}
1 SearchProtocolHost {System.Diagnostics.Process (SearchProtocolHost)}
1 SearchUI {System.Diagnostics.Process (SearchUI)}
1 services {System.Diagnostics.Process (services)}
1 ShellExperienceHost {System.Diagnostics.Process (ShellExperienceHost)}
1 sihost {System.Diagnostics.Process (sihost)}
1 smss {System.Diagnostics.Process (smss)}
1 splwow64 {System.Diagnostics.Process (splwow64)}
1 spoolsv {System.Diagnostics.Process (spoolsv)}
12 svchost {System.Diagnostics.Process (svchost), System.Diagnostics.Process (svchost), System....
1 System {System.Diagnostics.Process (System)}
1 taskhostw {System.Diagnostics.Process (taskhostw)}
1 Taskmgr {System.Diagnostics.Process (Taskmgr)}
1 unsecapp {System.Diagnostics.Process (unsecapp)}
1 vmms {System.Diagnostics.Process (vmms)}
1 vmwp {System.Diagnostics.Process (vmwp)}
1 wininit {System.Diagnostics.Process (wininit)}
1 winlogon {System.Diagnostics.Process (winlogon)}
2 WmiPrvSE {System.Diagnostics.Process (WmiPrvSE), System.Diagnostics.Process (WmiPrvSE)}
1 WSHost {System.Diagnostics.Process (WSHost)}
Converting
Once you have your array, you might need to transform it into a different format for reporting or saving it.
Converting examples
PS C:\> $serverstatus | ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation #converts the object array into a Comma Separated Value (CSV) format "ServerName","TimeStamp","RDPPort","Results" "server1","2015-06-26T09:35:51","3389","Up" "server2","2015-06-26T09:35:52","3389","Up" "server3","2015-06-26T09:35:53","3389","Up" "server4","2015-06-26T09:35:54","3389","Up" "server5","2015-06-26T09:35:55","3389","Up" PS C:\> $serverstatus | ConvertTo-Html -Title "Server Status" #HTML - web pagesServer Status
| ServerName | TimeStamp | RDPPort | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| server1 | 2015-06-26T09:35:51 | 3389 | Up |
| server2 | 2015-06-26T09:35:52 | 3389 | Up |
| server3 | 2015-06-26T09:35:53 | 3389 | Up |
| server4 | 2015-06-26T09:35:54 | 3389 | Up |
| server5 | 2015-06-26T09:35:55 | 3389 | Up |
Exporting
Exporting is basically the same thing as ConvertTo-____ + save it to a file. So Export-CSV .\filename.csv is the same thing as ConvertTo-CSV | Set-Content .\filename.csv
PS C:\> $serverstatus | Export-Csv myserverstatus.csv -Verbose #You'll use CSV's a lot as they open up easily in excel VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Export-Csv" on target "myserverstatus.csv". PS C:\> $serverstatus | Export-Clixml myserverstatus.xml -Verbose #Exports to XML format, supports nested object arrays VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Export-Clixml" on target "myserverstatus.xml".
In Part 3, we'll cover building custom objects from scratch and touch more on hash tables.
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