Proxy function for Select-Object providing easier syntax for calculated properties.
Extend Builtin\Simplified-Select.ps1
Select-ObjectX [-InputObject <PSObject>] [[-Property] <Object[]>] [-ExcludeProperty <String[]>]
[-ExpandProperty <String>] [-Unique] [-Last <Int32>] [-First <Int32>] [-Skip <Int32>] [-Wait]
Select-ObjectX [-InputObject <PSObject>] [[-Property] <Object[]>] [-ExcludeProperty <String[]>]
[-ExpandProperty <String>] [-Unique] [-SkipLast <Int32>]
Select-ObjectX [-InputObject <PSObject>] [-Unique] [-Wait] [-Index <Int32[]>]
What I find confusing about the syntax for calculated properties for the built-in Select-Object, is the fact that we need two key/value pairs in order to actually provide a name and a value. In my humble opinion it would make more sense if the Property parameter syntax for calculated properties would only require Name=Expression instead of Name='Name' and Expression = {$_.Expression}. With this proxy function one can do just that.
Get-ChildItem | Select-ObjectX Name, CreationTime, @{Kbytes={$_.Length / 1Kb}}
Get-ChildItem | Select-ObjectX Name, @{Age={ (((Get-Date) - $_.CreationTime).Days) }}
{{Fill InputObject Description}}
Type: PSObject
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: FalseSpecifies the properties to select. Wildcards are permitted. The value of the Property parameter can be a new calculated property. To create a calculated, property, use a hash table. The entries of the table should consists of Name=Expression entries
Type: Object[]
Parameter Sets: DefaultParameter, SkipLastParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseRemoves the specifies properties from the selection. Wildcards are permitted. This parameter is effective only when the command also includes the Property parameter. The value of the property parameter can be a calculated property, which is a hash table that specifies a name and calculates a value for the property display. Valid keys are:
-- Name or Label <string> -- Expression <string> or <scriptblock>
Type: String[]
Parameter Sets: DefaultParameter, SkipLastParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseSpecifies a property to select, and indicates that an attempt should be made to expand that property. Wildcards are permitted in the property name.
Type: String
Parameter Sets: DefaultParameter, SkipLastParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseSpecifies that if a subset of the input objects has identical properties and values, only a single member of the subset will be selected. This parameter is case-sensitive. As a result, strings that differ only in character casing are considered to be unique.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseSpecifies the number of objects to select from the end of an array of input objects.
Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: DefaultParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False{{Fill First Description}}
Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: DefaultParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False{{Fill Skip Description}}
Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: DefaultParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseThe value of the property parameter can be a calculated property, which is a hash table that specifies a name and calculates a value for the property display. Valid keys are:
-- Name or Label <string>
-- Expression <string> or <scriptblock>
Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: SkipLastParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: FalseTurns off optimization. Windows PowerShell runs commands in the order that they appear in the command pipeline and lets them generate all objects. By default, if you include a Select-Object command with the First or Index parameters in a command pipeline, Windows PowerShell stops the command that generates the objects as soon as the selected number of objects is generated.
This parameter is introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0.
Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: DefaultParameter, IndexParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False{{Fill Index Description}}
Type: Int32[]
Parameter Sets: IndexParameter
Aliases:
Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False