Output powershell object to string

Question

This code starts ping

$ProcessInfo = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo $ProcessInfo.FileName = "ping.exe" $ProcessInfo.RedirectStandardError = $true $ProcessInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = $true $ProcessInfo.UseShellExecute = $false $ProcessInfo.Arguments = "localhost" $Proc = New-Object System.Diagnostics.Process $Proc.StartInfo = $ProcessInfo $Proc.Start() | Out-Null 

When I type $ Proc on command:

 $Proc 

I get this:

 Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- ----------- 27 3 1936 1852 10 0.02 6832 PING 

What I want to do is get a row of data into a row.

So, I tried this:

 $Proc | Format-table -HideTableHeaders 

And I got this:

  27 3 1936 1852 10 0.02 6832 PING 

I tried this:

 $Foo = $Proc | Format-table -HideTableHeaders $Foo 

And got the following:

 Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupEndData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEndData 

So the question is how ... How do you usually get a good line output from a powershell object into a line?

Ultimately, all I am trying to do is stick to the word START before the normal output, which I get when I simply type $ Proc on the line in my powershell script.

 START 27 3 1936 1852 10 0.02 6832 PING 

But "Start" + $ Proc produces the following:

 Start System.Diagnostics.Process (PING) 

So why did I think that I would try to get $ Proc into a string.

Answer 1

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 $string = $proc | Format-Table -HideTableHeaders | Out-String "start" + $string 

Does this work for you?