PowerShell Working with Objects Examining an object
Example
Now that you have an object, it might be good to figure out what it is. You can use the Get-Member cmdlet to see what an object is and what it contains:
Get-Item c:\windows | Get-Member
This yields:
TypeName: System.IO.DirectoryInfo
Followed by a list of properties and methods the object has.
Another way to get the type of an object is to use the GetType method, like so :
C:\> $Object = Get-Item C:\Windows
C:\> $Object.GetType()
IsPublic IsSerial Name BaseType
-------- -------- ---- --------
True True DirectoryInfo System.IO.FileSystemInfo
To view a list of properties the object has, along with their values, you can use the Format-List cmdlet with its Property parameter set to : * (meaning all).
Here is a example, with the resulting output :
C:\> Get-Item C:\Windows | Format-List -Property *
PSPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\Windows
PSParentPath : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::C:\
PSChildName : Windows
PSDrive : C
PSProvider : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem
PSIsContainer : True
Mode : d-----
BaseName : Windows
Target : {}
LinkType :
Name : Windows
Parent :
Exists : True
Root : C:\
FullName : C:\Windows
Extension :
CreationTime : 30/10/2015 06:28:30
CreationTimeUtc : 30/10/2015 06:28:30
LastAccessTime : 16/08/2016 17:32:04
LastAccessTimeUtc : 16/08/2016 16:32:04
LastWriteTime : 16/08/2016 17:32:04
LastWriteTimeUtc : 16/08/2016 16:32:04
Attributes : Directory
