Format-List - Powershell 1.0 CmdLet
Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.
More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.
Format-List
Description Format output as a list of properties, each on a new line Usage Options -property Object[] The object properties to display (in order) Wildcards are permitted. You cannot use -Property and -View in the same command. -view string The name of an alternate format or "view." -groupBy Object Format the output in groups based on a shared property or value. -force Override restrictions that prevent the command from succeeding, without compromising security. Force will override read-only attributes but will not change file permissions. -inputObject psobject The objects to format. (a variable, command or expression that gets the objects) -expand string Where string is either EnumOnly (the default), CoreOnly or Both 'CoreOnly' will format and display properties of the collection object itself, while 'emumOnly' will enumerate and display the object properties. (designed around the ICollection (System.Collections) interface.) -displayError Display errors at the command line. -showError Send errors through the pipeline.CommonParameters The common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug,-ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable. Example(s) Print a list of running processes, incuding the process name and path: PS C:\>get-process | format-list -property name, path Print a list of running processes, incuding all the properties: PS C:\>get-process | format-list -property * Print the objects stored in $My_Variable in list format: PS C:\>format-list -InputObject $My_Variable