Browsing Through Powershell Objects With Filtering And Expanding Properties
2 min readMar 19, 2021
The aim of this how-to-guide🏁 is to see how you can easily browse and find properties in posh objects
▶ Get-NetIPConfiguration | gm TypeName: NetIPConfigurationName MemberType Definition
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Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj)
GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode()
GetType Method type GetType()
ToString Method string ToString()
AllIPAddresses Property ciminstance[] AllIPAddresses {get;set;}
CompartmentId Property int CompartmentId {get;set;}
ComputerName Property string ComputerName {get;set;}
Detailed Property bool Detailed {get;set;}
DNSServer Property ciminstance[] DNSServer {get;set;}
InterfaceAlias Property string InterfaceAlias {get;set;}
InterfaceDescription Property string InterfaceDescription {get;set;}
InterfaceIndex Property int InterfaceIndex {get;set;}
IPv4Address Property ciminstance[] IPv4Address {get;set;}
IPv4DefaultGateway Property ciminstance[] IPv4DefaultGateway {get;set;}
IPv6Address Property ciminstance[] IPv6Address {get;set;}
IPv6DefaultGateway Property ciminstance[] IPv6DefaultGateway {get;set;}
IPv6LinkLocalAddress Property ciminstance[] IPv6LinkLocalAddress {get;set;}
IPv6TemporaryAddress Property ciminstance[] IPv6TemporaryAddress {get;set;}
NetAdapter Property ciminstance NetAdapter {get;set;}
NetCompartment Property ciminstance NetCompartment {get;set;}
NetIPv4Interface Property ciminstance NetIPv4Interface {get;set;}
NetIPv6Interface Property ciminstance NetIPv6Interface {get;set;}
NetProfile Property ciminstance NetProfile {get;set;}
1. use -expandproperty and a simple query language
- combine the property you need to expand with the identical name and
-expandPropertyflag
▶ Get-NetIPConfiguration | select NetAdapter -ExpandProperty NetAdapterName InterfaceDescription ifIndex Status MacAddress LinkSpeed
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VMware Network Adapte...8 VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VM… 13 Up 00-50-56-C0-00-08 100 Mbps
VMware Network Adapte...1 VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VM… 14 Up 00-50-56-C0-00-01 100 Mbps
Ethernet 3 Npcap Loopback Adapter 20 Up 02-00-4C-4F-4F-50 1.2 Gbps
Ethernet Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I217-LM 31 Up 5C-B9-01-7C-90-56 1 Gbps
Ethernet 10 TAP-Windows Adapter V9 #7 54 Disconnected 00-FF-EA-48-1A-5E 100 Mbps
Ethernet 9 TAP-Windows Adapter V9 #6 46 Disconnected 00-FF-C8-E9-CD-AD 100 Mbps
Ethernet 8 TAP-Windows Adapter V9 #5 48 Disconnected 00-FF-D4-6C-6A-E8 100 Mbps
Ethernet 7 TAP-Windows Adapter V9 #4 2 Disconnected 00-FF-02-60-7B-F4 100 Mbps
Ethernet 6 TAP-Windows Adapter V9 #3 27 Disconnected 00-FF-7B-58-9D-40 100 Mbps
Ethernet 5 TAP-Windows Adapter V9 #2 24 Disconnected 00-FF-6D-04-0F-11 100 Mbps
VPN TAP-Windows Adapter V9 42 Disconnected 00-FF-BA-B9-D0-40 100 Mbps
Síťové připojení Bluetoo… Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Networ… 55 Disconnected CC-3D-82-23-25-0C 3 Mbps
Wi-Fi Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 6 Disconnected CC-3D-82-23-25-08 0 bps
Cellular HP lt4112 Gobi 4G Module 12 Disconnected B0-83-88-43-55-5C 0 bps
3. object → where → select
- this is opposite from SQL
- because the pipe is already a filter
- so this does not work
▶ Get-NetIPConfiguration | Select InterfaceAlias | Where {$_.NetAdapter.Status -eq "up"}
>>> no result- but this works
▶ Get-NetIPConfiguration | Where {$_.NetAdapter.Status -eq "up"} | Select InterfaceAliasInterfaceAlias
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VMware Network Adapter VMnet8
VMware Network Adapter VMnet1
Ethernet 3
Ethernet
Ethernet 10
