CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Reputation: 531

Obtaining specific file attributes

I am trying to get the extended attributes of certain files and am unsure why select will not work in the pipeline.

This does not work

gci -r |? {$_.lastwritetime -gt '12/30/16'} |% {Get-ItemProperty $_} |FT -Property * -Force |select basename, directory

However this returns data, select just wont grab it:

gci -r |? {$_.lastwritetime -gt '12/30/16'} |% {Get-ItemProperty $_} |FT -Property * -Force

Upvotes: 1

Views: 82

Answers (1)

Shawn Esterman
Shawn Esterman

Reputation: 2342

When you pass the object to Format-Table, FT, you convert it to a pretty table, but not a pretty object. So you will struggle to manipulate it. Either use Format-Table -Propert BaseName,Directory OR Move the select before the Format-Table.

Aliases are bad for learning. Here is an example though:

Get-ChildItem -Recurse `
| Where-Object -Property LastWriteTime -GT '12/30/16' `
| ForEach-Object { Get-ItemProperty $_.FullName } `
| Format-Table -Property Basename,Directory -Force

Upvotes: 1

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