Or clause in Get-CimInstance filter

Question

This should be simple but I just haven't been able to figure it out. How to I implement an or clause with a Get-CimInstance filter? I'm filling an XAML listview with processes and I only want to return powershell, powershell_ise or pwsh but I can't figure out how to do an -or clause properly. I've tried:

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process -Filter "Name like 'Powershell%'" -or "Name like 'pwsh%'" 

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process -Filter ("Name like 'Powershell%'") -or "(Name like 'pwsh%'")

but these don't work. I get "Get-CimInstance : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'or'."

I would think this would be easier than this.

Answer 1

Take out the dash in "or". The syntax is like "where" in sql. Also it should be one long quote.

Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter "name like 'powershell%' or 
  name like 'pwsh%'" 

ProcessId Name           HandleCount WorkingSetSize VirtualSize
--------- ----           ----------- -------------- -----------
6056      powershell.exe 774         47206400       2204070068224

Note that the commandline property is useful compared to powershell 5.1's get-process:

Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -filter 'name = "chrome.exe"' | select commandline

"C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --origin-trial-disabled-features=ElementCapture --restart --restart

Adding commandline to powershell 5.1's get-process:

# add commandline property to get-process like powershell 7
$updateTypeData = @{
    TypeName   = 'System.Diagnostics.Process'
    MemberName = 'CommandLine'
    MemberType = [Management.Automation.PSMemberTypes]::ScriptProperty
    Force      = $true
    Value      = { (Get-CimInstance Win32_Process -Filter "ProcessId = 
                   $($this.Id)").CommandLine }
}
Update-TypeData @updateTypeData

Query with wmic for extra awkwardness:

wmic process where 'name like "powershell%" or name like "pwsh%"'