Newbie alert.

Hi,

I am still a beginner at this, so excuse this basic question if it was
answered.
I read the docs, search through google and cannot find an answer to
this.

How to I capture the string only from the select-object output.

For example.

> get-process -name g*

Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
141 23 30480 27500 546 0.45 4928 GOContactSync

I would like to capture the process name only.

> get-process -name g* | select-object ProcessName

ProcessName
-----------
GOContactSync

How do I capture the value only "GOContactSync" and not the
"ProcessName" headline?

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.



Thanks.

Try the following:

(get-process -name g*).ProcessName

or

$p = get-process -name g* | select-object ProcessName
$p.ProcessName

greetings, Peter Schneider

"No Spam" <nospam@newsgroup> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Newbie alert.
>
> Hi,
>
> I am still a beginner at this, so excuse this basic question if it was
> answered.
> I read the docs, search through google and cannot find an answer to
> this.
>
> How to I capture the string only from the select-object output.
>
> For example.
>

>> get-process -name g*

>
> Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
> ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
> 141 23 30480 27500 546 0.45 4928 GOContactSync
>
> I would like to capture the process name only.
>
>

>> get-process -name g* | select-object ProcessName

>
> ProcessName
> -----------
> GOContactSync
>
> How do I capture the value only "GOContactSync" and not the
> "ProcessName" headline?
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>

Hi,

Get-Process g*

returns a collection of process objects with names that start with g

Select-Object converts each object of this collection to a new custom object
with the single property ProcessName that is copied from the original process
objects.

To investigate this try

(Get-Process g* | Select-Object ProcessName).GetType()

and

Get-Process g* | Select-Object ProcessName | Get-Member

With the standard formatting the reduced object produces your result.

Try

Get-Process g* | ForEach-Object { $_.ProcessName }

to get a string for every process that starts with g.

To get the first process only that starts with g you can use

Get-Process p* | Select-Object -First 1 | ForEach-Object { $_.ProcessName }

--
Bernd


"No Spam" wrote:

> Newbie alert.
>
> Hi,
>
> I am still a beginner at this, so excuse this basic question if it was
> answered.
> I read the docs, search through google and cannot find an answer to
> this.
>
> How to I capture the string only from the select-object output.
>
> For example.
>

> > get-process -name g*

>
> Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
> ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
> 141 23 30480 27500 546 0.45 4928 GOContactSync
>
> I would like to capture the process name only.
>
>

> > get-process -name g* | select-object ProcessName

>
> ProcessName
> -----------
> GOContactSync
>
> How do I capture the value only "GOContactSync" and not the
> "ProcessName" headline?
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Thank you very much.



In article <#iRDoBlRKHA.4048@newsgroup>
"Peter Schneider" <p.schneider@newsgroup> wrote:

>
>Try the following:
>
>(get-process -name g*).ProcessName
>
>or
>
>$p = get-process -name g* | select-object ProcessName
>$p.ProcessName
>
>greetings, Peter Schneider
>
>"No Spam" <nospam@newsgroup> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>news:7snlc5dj6uifd7mageukqml3a3r679h9en@newsgroup

>> Newbie alert.
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am still a beginner at this, so excuse this basic question if it was
>> answered.
>> I read the docs, search through google and cannot find an answer to
>> this.
>>
>> How to I capture the string only from the select-object output.
>>
>> For example.
>>

>>> get-process -name g*

>>
>> Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName
>> ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- -----------
>> 141 23 30480 27500 546 0.45 4928 GOContactSync
>>
>> I would like to capture the process name only.
>>
>>

>>> get-process -name g* | select-object ProcessName

>>
>> ProcessName
>> -----------
>> GOContactSync
>>
>> How do I capture the value only "GOContactSync" and not the
>> "ProcessName" headline?
>>
>> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>