| external help file | Module Name | online version | schema |
|---|---|---|---|
PSTypeExtensionTools-help.xml |
PSTypeExtensionTools |
2.0.0 |
Get the type name for a given object.
Get-PSType [-InputObject] <Object> [<CommonParameters>]This command is designed to easily get the type name of a given object. You can either pipe an object to it or specify it as a parameter value. Use this command to make it easier to define a type extension when you may not know the type name or you don't want to bother typing it.
PS C:\>123 | Get-PSType
System.Int32Pipe an object and get its type.
PS C:\>"apple" | Get-PSType | Get-PSTypeExtension
TypeName: System.String
Name Type Value
---- ---- -----
Size AliasProperty Length
IsIPAddress ScriptMethod $this -match "^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$"Pipe an object to get its type and then pipe that name to Get-PSTypeExtension to see all defined types.
PS C:\> get-vm win10 | Get-PSType | Add-PSTypeExtension -MemberType ScriptProperty -MemberName VMAge -Value {(Get-Date)- $this.CreationTime}
PS C:\> get-vm | sort VMAge -descending | select Name,CreationTime,VMAge
Name CreationTime VMAge
---- ------------ -----
UbuntuDesk 8/7/2023 1:53:47 PM 94.20:26:57.4237225
CentOS 8/7/2023 3:43:50 PM 94.18:36:54.3394091
DOM1 9/28/2023 9:31:34 AM 43.00:49:10.4396803
SRV1 9/28/2023 9:31:50 AM 43.00:48:54.3284313
SRV2 9/28/2023 9:32:01 AM 43.00:48:43.2135084
SRV3 9/28/2023 9:32:11 AM 43.00:48:33.4681374
WIN10 9/28/2023 9:32:21 AM 43.00:48:23.1610914
Win10Ent 10/16/2023 9:30:46 AM 25.00:49:58.1206825Get the type for a Hyper-V Virtual Machine and add a new ScriptProperty, which can then be used in a PowerShell expression.
Any object from PowerShell.
Type: Object
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: True
Position: 0
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: FalseThis cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
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