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Format-Wide



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

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SYNOPSIS

Formats objects as a wide table that displays only one property of each object.

SYNTAX


Format-Wide [[-Property] <Object>] [-AutoSize] [-Column <Int32>] [-DisplayError] [-Expand <String>] [-Force] [-GroupBy <Object>] [-InputObject <PSObject>] [-ShowError
] [-View <String>] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Format-Wide cmdlet formats objects as a wide table that displays only one property of each object. You can use the Property parameter to determine which property
is displayed.



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Examples


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

PS C:\>get-childitem | format-wide -column 3



This command displays the names of files in the current directory in three columns across the screen. The Get-ChildItem cmdlet gets objects representing each file in
the directory. The pipeline operator (|) passes the file objects through the pipeline to Format-Wide, which formats them for output. The Column parameter specifies th
e number of columns.








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

PS C:\>get-childitem HKCU:\software\microsoft | format-wide -property pschildname -autosize



This command displays the names of registry keys in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft key. The Get-ChildItem cmdlet gets objects representing the keys. The pat
h is specified as "HKCU:", one of the drives exposed by the Windows PowerShell Registry provider, followed by the key path. The pipeline operator (|) passes the regis
try key objects through the pipeline to Format-Wide, which formats them for output. The Property parameter specifies the name of the property, and the AutoSize parame
ter adjusts the columns for readability.