How to "select" for an array of strings

Question

When I use Select-Object NameCmdLet, a new object is created with a single property Name.

I often want to pass this selection to other CmdLets, but they often only accept a string.

How can I easily get a bunch of objects and say "Select only property x and only property values ​​in an array or a set of only its values"?

Answer 1

You can use the parameter for this ExpandProperty. This switch means that instead of returning an object with the properties specified in the parameter (default) -Properties, the value of the only property specified in the parameter is returned -ExpandProperty.

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Get-Process | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ProcessName

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• SS64: https://ss64.com/ps/select-object.html
• MS Docs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Select-Object?view=powershell-3.0