Tutorial Powershell - Select specific rows from a command [ Step by step ]

Would you like to learn how to select specific rows from a Powershell command? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to filter specific lines from a command using Powershell on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 2022
• Windows 10
• Windows 11

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Tutorial Powershell – Select specific rows from a command

Start a Powershell command-line.

As an example, list all files in a directory.

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Here is the command output:

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List all properties available to this command.

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Here is the command output:

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TypeName: System.IO.DirectoryInfo

Name              MemberType Definition
----              ---------- ----------
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;}

TypeName: System.IO.FileInfo

Name              MemberType Definition
----              ---------- ----------
Attributes        Property   System.IO.FileAttributes Attributes {get;set;}
CreationTime      Property   datetime CreationTime {get;set;}
CreationTimeUtc   Property   datetime CreationTimeUtc {get;set;}
Directory         Property   System.IO.DirectoryInfo Directory {get;}
DirectoryName     Property   string DirectoryName {get;}
Exists            Property   bool Exists {get;}
Extension         Property   string Extension {get;}
FullName          Property   string FullName {get;}
IsReadOnly        Property   bool IsReadOnly {get;set;}
LastAccessTime    Property   datetime LastAccessTime {get;set;}
LastAccessTimeUtc Property   datetime LastAccessTimeUtc {get;set;}
LastWriteTime     Property   datetime LastWriteTime {get;set;}
LastWriteTimeUtc  Property   datetime LastWriteTimeUtc {get;set;}
Length            Property   long Length {get;}
Name              Property   string Name {get;}

Filter rows where the name has a specific word.

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Here is the command output:

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Filter rows using multiple name values.

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Here is the command output:

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Filter rows using a numeric value.

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Filter rows where the object was written in the last hour.

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Here is the command output:

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Congratulations! You are able to select specific rows from a Powershell command.

Powershell – Select specific rows from a command

Powershell – Select specific rows from a command

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