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[monsterjta]

TIA,

This command

get-service | where-object {$_.name -match ("clr")}

produces this output:

Status   Name               DisplayName
------   ----               -----------
Running  clr_optimizatio... Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0....

I need it to produce the full, expanded name and displayname properties and write to a text file. Anybody know how?

 

[dm4ever]

Maybe like this..

get-service | where-object {$_.name -match ("clr")} | Format-Table -auto | Out-File "C:\temp\service.txt"

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dm4ever
My philosophy: K.I.S.S - Keep It Simple Stupid

 

[monsterjta]

Thanks dm4ever. This is closer than what I had, but still not the result I need.

Status  Name                           DisplayName                             
------  ----                           -----------                             
Stopped clr_optimization_v2.0.50727_32 Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50...

This gives me a full, expanded name field. But still the DisplayName field is not expanded to show the full string.

DisplayName should read:

Microsoft .NET Framework NGEN v2.0.50727_X86

I'll play with this more, but any further examples?

 

[dm4ever]

That's odd...I tried it on two different machines and it displayed properly.

What if you tried adding -wrap to the Format-Table?

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dm4ever
My philosophy: K.I.S.S - Keep It Simple Stupid

 

[monsterjta]

That's funny...I was just taking a look at -wrap. However, it places the text on the next line in the text file. That's makes it kinda tricky to parse.

 

[monsterjta]

You know...

format-list

will work just fine for my task. Thanks for your help.

 

[monsterjta]

BTW - This is what I ended up with. This is certainly an easily parsable format.

get-service | select-object name,displayname | where-object{$_.name -match ("clr")} | Format-list | out-file c:\service.txt

Just thought I'd follow up in case anyone else could use it.

 

[WhoKilledKenny]

List is good, but if you want to keep the table format and don't want the ellipses (...) you need to wrap the cell data. -autoSize only removes whitespace, so depending on your console size it may still truncate the info in the last column.
Try:

get-service | where-object {$_.name -match ("clr")} | Format-Table -auto -wrap | Out-File "C:\temp\service.txt"

-or-

get-service | where-object {$_.name -match ("clr")} | Format-Table -wrap | Out-File "C:\temp\service.txt"

The Out-File cmdlet only outputs what's on screen, the wrap parameter will make sure your results are not truncated...

Jesse Hamrick

http://www.powershellpro.com

 

[58sniper]

You can use fl instead of format list

Get-ClientAccessServer | fl

Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
Microsoft Exchange MVP