Work with the Windows PowerShell pipeline

Upon completion of this module, the learner will be able to:

• Describe the features and functionalities of the pipeline.
• Use the appropriate terminology to describe the pipeline output and pipeline objects.
• Explain how to discover and display object members.
• Review object members.
• Describe the cmdlets used to format the pipeline output for display.
• Format pipeline output.

• Introduction
• Review Windows PowerShell pipeline and its output
• Discover object members in PowerShell
• Control the formatting of pipeline output
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Sort and group objects by property in the pipeline
• Measure objects in the pipeline
• Select a set of objects in the pipeline
• Select object properties in the pipeline
• Create and format calculated properties in the pipeline
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Learn about the comparison operators in PowerShell
• Review basic filter syntax in the pipeline
• Review advanced filter syntax in the pipeline
• Optimize the filter performance in the pipeline
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Learn about enumerations in the pipeline
• Review basic syntax to enumerate objects in the pipeline
• Review advanced syntax to enumerate objects in the pipeline
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Write pipeline data to a file
• Convert pipeline objects to other forms of data representation in PowerShell
• Control additional output options in PowerShell
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Pipeline parameter binding
• Identify ByValue parameters
• Pass data by using ByValue
• Pass data by using ByPropertyName
• Identify ByPropertyName parameters
• Use manual parameters to override the pipeline
• Use parenthetical commands
• Expand property values
• Knowledge check
• Summary