I'm new to powershell so I had a simple question. Suppose I have the following powershell code:
$t = Get-SomeData -someParam someParamValue
$t.SomeProperty.SomeNestedField
The second command above will print the value of SomeNestedField
, which is nested inside t
's property called someProperty
Can I combine these two lines into one powershell command (perhaps through piping), so that the output of the second command comes from just one command overall ?
Requirement is that it should print the value, not assign it to some powershell variable ..
Perhaps something like:
Get-SomeData -someParam someParamValue | SomeProperty | SomeNestedField
Some info that might help out:
Suppose I change above code to this:
$t = Get-SomeData -someParam someParamValue
$u = $t.SomeProperty
$t.GetType()
$u.GetType()
When I execute $t.GetType()
, the BaseType listed is a class, but if I do $u.GetType()
, it's BaseType is listed as System.ValueType
You can use SELECT
aka SELECT-OBJECT
Get-SomeData -someParam someParamValue | select -ExpandProperty SomeProperty
Or ()
(Get-SomeData -someParam someParamValue).SomeProperty.SomeNestedField