Get values of all the properties of a PowerShell object

Lets say you want to list all properties of an object but you don’t know all of them by name. Here is comming in help the Get-Member cmdlet. I find it very useful especially when working with new objects that I’m not familiar with.

I’m going to give an example with the list of network adapters listed from the WMI.

 So, lets list all of the members.

Get-Wmiobject Win32_NetworkAdapter | where { $_.Speed -ne $null -and $_.MACAddress -ne $null } | Get-Member
 
 
   TypeName: System.Management.ManagementObject#root\cimv2\Win32_NetworkAdapter
 
Name                        MemberType    Definition
----                        ----------    ----------
PSComputerName              AliasProperty PSComputerName = __SERVER
Disable                     Method        System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Disable()
Enable                      Method        System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Enable()
Reset                       Method        System.Management.ManagementBaseObject Reset()
SetPowerState               Method        System.Management.ManagementBaseObject SetPowerState(System.UInt16 PowerSt...
AdapterType                 Property      string AdapterType {get;set;}
AdapterTypeId               Property      uint16 AdapterTypeId {get;set;}
AutoSense                   Property      bool AutoSense {get;set;}
Availability                Property      uint16 Availability {get;set;}
Caption                     Property      string Caption {get;set;}
ConfigManagerErrorCode      Property      uint32 ConfigManagerErrorCode {get;set;}
ConfigManagerUserConfig     Property      bool ConfigManagerUserConfig {get;set;}
CreationClassName           Property      string CreationClassName {get;set;}
Description                 Property      string Description {get;set;}
DeviceID                    Property      string DeviceID {get;set;}
ErrorCleared                Property      bool ErrorCleared {get;set;}
ErrorDescription            Property      string ErrorDescription {get;set;}
GUID                        Property      string GUID {get;set;}
Index                       Property      uint32 Index {get;set;}
InstallDate                 Property      string InstallDate {get;set;}
Installed                   Property      bool Installed {get;set;}
InterfaceIndex              Property      uint32 InterfaceIndex {get;set;}
LastErrorCode               Property      uint32 LastErrorCode {get;set;}
MACAddress                  Property      string MACAddress {get;set;}
Manufacturer                Property      string Manufacturer {get;set;}
MaxNumberControlled         Property      uint32 MaxNumberControlled {get;set;}
MaxSpeed                    Property      uint64 MaxSpeed {get;set;}
Name                        Property      string Name {get;set;}
NetConnectionID             Property      string NetConnectionID {get;set;}
NetConnectionStatus         Property      uint16 NetConnectionStatus {get;set;}
NetEnabled                  Property      bool NetEnabled {get;set;}
NetworkAddresses            Property      string[] NetworkAddresses {get;set;}
PermanentAddress            Property      string PermanentAddress {get;set;}
PhysicalAdapter             Property      bool PhysicalAdapter {get;set;}
PNPDeviceID                 Property      string PNPDeviceID {get;set;}
PowerManagementCapabilities Property      uint16[] PowerManagementCapabilities {get;set;}
PowerManagementSupported    Property      bool PowerManagementSupported {get;set;}
ProductName                 Property      string ProductName {get;set;}
ServiceName                 Property      string ServiceName {get;set;}
Speed                       Property      uint64 Speed {get;set;}
Status                      Property      string Status {get;set;}
StatusInfo                  Property      uint16 StatusInfo {get;set;}
SystemCreationClassName     Property      string SystemCreationClassName {get;set;}
SystemName                  Property      string SystemName {get;set;}
TimeOfLastReset             Property      string TimeOfLastReset {get;set;}
__CLASS                     Property      string __CLASS {get;set;}
__DERIVATION                Property      string[] __DERIVATION {get;set;}
__DYNASTY                   Property      string __DYNASTY {get;set;}
__GENUS                     Property      int __GENUS {get;set;}
__NAMESPACE                 Property      string __NAMESPACE {get;set;}
__PATH                      Property      string __PATH {get;set;}
__PROPERTY_COUNT            Property      int __PROPERTY_COUNT {get;set;}
__RELPATH                   Property      string __RELPATH {get;set;}
__SERVER                    Property      string __SERVER {get;set;}
__SUPERCLASS                Property      string __SUPERCLASS {get;set;}
PSStatus                    PropertySet   PSStatus {Availability, Name, Status, StatusInfo, DeviceID}
ConvertFromDateTime         ScriptMethod  System.Object ConvertFromDateTime();
ConvertToDateTime           ScriptMethod  System.Object ConvertToDateTime();

We see that we have more than what we need – AliasProperty, Method, PropertySet, ScriptMethod. So We need to filter by Type:

Get-Member -Type Property

Also we don’t want to print the special properties in this case – starting with “__” so we add extra filter:

where { $_.Name -notmatch "^_" }

 Now we have all member properties filtered and we are ready to display them:

foreach { "$($_.Name): $($obj.$($_.Name))" }

 What we did is that we print the name of the property and right after that we print the value of the property. You might be wondering where this $obj came from. It is comming from a previous foreachloop in the pipeline:

foreach { $obj = $_; $_ | Get-Member -Type Property | where { $_.Name -notmatch "^_" } | foreach { "$($_.Name): $($obj.$($_.Name))" } }

 In the $obj we are saving the object of which we want to display all of the properties.

I added an extra part in the pipeline so we show only for one object not for all:

Select -First 1

And here is the full example:

Get-Wmiobject Win32_NetworkAdapter | where { $_.Speed -ne $null -and $_.MACAddress -ne $null } | Select -First 1 | foreach { $obj = $_; $_ | Get-Member -Type Property | where { $_.Name -notmatch "^_" } | foreach { "$($_.Name): $($obj.$($_.Name))" } }
AdapterType: Ethernet 802.3
AdapterTypeId: 0
AutoSense:
Availability: 3
Caption: [00000010] Intel 21140-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Emulated)
ConfigManagerErrorCode: 0
ConfigManagerUserConfig: False
CreationClassName: Win32_NetworkAdapter
Description: Intel 21140-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Emulated)
DeviceID: 10
ErrorCleared:
ErrorDescription:
GUID: {40C678F7-6D89-4246-BD82-DB25396D0D9F}
Index: 10
InstallDate:
Installed: True
InterfaceIndex: 12
LastErrorCode:
MACAddress: 00:15:5D:11:0A:1B
Manufacturer: Intel
MaxNumberControlled: 0
MaxSpeed:
Name: Intel 21140-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Emulated)
NetConnectionID: Local Area Connection
NetConnectionStatus: 2
NetEnabled: True
NetworkAddresses:
PermanentAddress:
PhysicalAdapter: True
PNPDeviceID: PCI\VEN_1011&DEV_0009&SUBSYS_21140A00&REV_20\3&267A616A&2&50
PowerManagementCapabilities:
PowerManagementSupported: False
ProductName: Intel 21140-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (Emulated)
ServiceName: dc21x4vm
Speed: 100000000
Status:
StatusInfo:
SystemCreationClassName: Win32_ComputerSystem
SystemName: PIXEL
TimeOfLastReset: 20161216145758.492981-300

 You can use this for all kind of objects. Enjoy!