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Format-Table



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Format-Table', in PowerShell version 4 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.

SYNOPSIS

Formats the output as a table.

SYNTAX


Format-Table [[-Property] <Object[]>] [-AutoSize] [-DisplayError] [-Expand <String>] [-Force] [-GroupBy <Object>] [-HideTableHeaders] [-InputObject <PSObject>] [-Show
Error] [-View <String>] [-Wrap] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Format-Table cmdlet formats the output of a command as a table with the selected properties of the object in each column. The object type determines the default l
ayout and properties that are displayed in each column, but you can use the Property parameter to select the properties that you want to see.


You can also use a hash table to add calculated properties to an object before displaying it and to specify the column headings in the table. To add a calculated prop
erty, use the Property or GroupBy parameters.



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Examples


-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

PS C:\>get-pssnapin | format-table -auto



This command formats information about Windows PowerShell snap-ins in a table. By default, they are formatted in a list. The Get-PSSnapin cmdlet gets objects represen
ting the snap-ins. The pipeline operator (|) passes the object to the Format-Table command. Format-Table formats the objects in a table. The Autosize parameter adjust
s the column widths to minimize truncation.








-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

PS C:\>get-process | sort-object -property basepriority | format-table -groupby basepriority -wrap



This command displays the processes on the computer in groups with the same base priority.

The Get-Process cmdlet gets objects representing each process on the computer. The pipeline operator (|) passes the object to the Sort-Object cmdlet, which sorts the
objects in order of their base priority.

Another pipeline operator passes the results to the Format-Table cmdlet. The GroupBy parameter arranges the data about the processes into groups based on the value of
their BasePriority property. The Wrap parameter ensures that data is not truncated.








-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

PS C:\>get-process | sort-object starttime | format-table -view starttime



This command displays information about the processes on the computer in group based on the start date of the process. It uses the Get-Process cmdlet to get objects r
epresenting the processes on the computer. The pipeline operator (|) sends the output of Get-Process to the Sort-Object cmdlet, which sorts it based on the StartTime
property. Another pipeline operator sends the sorted results to Format-Table.

The View parameter is used to select the StartTime view that is defined in the DotNetTypes.format.ps1xml formatting file for System.Diagnostics.Process objects, such
as those returned by Get-Process. This view converts the StartTime of the process to a short date and then groups the processes by start date.

The DotNetTypes.format.ps1xml formatting file also contains a Priority view for processes, and you can create your own format.ps1xml files with customized views.








-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------

PS C:\>get-service | format-table -property Name, DependentServices



This command displays all of the services on the computer in a table with two columns, Name and DependentServices. The command uses the Get-Service cmdlet to get all
of the services on the computer. The pipeline operator (|) sends the results to the Format-Table cmdlet, which formats the output in a table. The Property parameter s
pecifies the properties that appear in the table as columns. The name of the Property parameter is optional, so you can omit it ("format-table name, dependentservices
").

Property and DependentServices are just two of the properties of service objects. To view all of the properties, type "get-service | get-member".








-------------------------- EXAMPLE 5 --------------------------

PS C:\>get-process notepad | format-table ProcessName, @{Label="TotalRunningTime"; Expression={(get-date) - $_.StartTime}}



This command shows how to use a calculated property in a table. The command displays a table with the process name and total running time of all Notepad processes on
the local computer. The total running time is calculated by subtracting the start time of each process from the current time.

The command uses the Get-Process cmdlet to get all processes named "Notepad" on the local computer. The pipeline operator (|) sends the results to Format-Table, which
displays a table with two columns: ProcessName, a standard property of processes, and TotalRunningTime, a calculated property.

The TotalRunningTime property is specified by a hash table with two keys, Label and Expression. The name of the property is assigned to the Label key. The calculation
is assigned to the Expression key. The expression gets the StartTime property of each process object and subtracts it from the result of a Get-Date command, which ge
ts the current date (and time).








-------------------------- EXAMPLE 6 --------------------------

PS C:\>$processes = get-wmiobject -ComputerName Server01 win32_process -filter "name='notepad.exe'"
PS C:\>$processes | format-table ProcessName, @{ Label = "Total Running Time"; Expression={(get-date) - $_.ConvertToDateTime($_.CreationDate)}}



These commands are similar to the previous command, except that these commands use the Get-WmiObject cmdlet and the Win32_Process class to display information about N
otepad processes on a remote computer.

The first command uses the Get-WmiObject cmdlet to get instances of the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Win32_Process class that describes all of the process
es on the Server01 computer that are named Notepad.exe. The command stores the process information in the $processes variable.

The second command uses a pipeline operator (|) to send the process information in the $processes variable to the Format-Table cmdlet, which displays the ProcessName
of each process along with a new calculated property.

The command assigns the name of the new calculated property, Total Running Time, to the Label key. The script block that is assigned to the Expression key calculates
how long the process has been running by subtracting the creation date of the process from the current date. The Get-Date cmdlet gets the current date. The ConvertToD
ateTime method converts the CreationDate property of the Win32_Process object from a WMI CIM_DATETIME object to a Microsoft .NET Framework DateTime object that can be
compared with the output of Get-Date. Then, the converted creation date is subtracted from the current date. The result is the value of Total Running Time.