Enumerate the properties of an object.
Syntax
Get-Member [ [-name] string[] ] [-inputObject psobject]
[-memberType memberType [-static] [CommonParameters]
Key
-name
The member name(s) to retrieve information about.
-inputObject
The objects to retrieve information about.
-memberType
The type of members to retrieve information about.
Valid member types are: AliasProperty, CodeProperty,
Property, NoteProperty, ScriptProperty, Properties,
PropertySet, Method, CodeMethod, ScriptMethod, Methods,
ParameterizedProperty, MemberSet, and All.
-static
Retrieve static properties and methods.
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutVariable.
Examples
Display the properties of a Process object: (.Net Framework Class Library System.Diagnostics.Process)
PS C:\>get-process | get-member -MemberType property
Display the properties of an Alias object:
PS C:\>get-alias | get-member
or using a variable:
PS C:\>$alias = get-alias
$alias | get-member
Display the properties of the container object, a System.Object array:
PS C:\>$alias = get-alias
get-member -inputobject $alias
Piping a command into get-member twice will display the properties of the parent object: Powershell.Commands.MemberDefinition:
PS C:\>get-process | get-member | get-member
Pipelining a container object, will run get-member for each element in the container.
Using the -InputObject parameter, will run get-member for the container object itself.
Prefixing the pipelined input with a comma will also force get-member to run against the container object:
PS C:\>,$alias | get-member
"I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member" - Groucho Marks (describing Hillcrest Country Club)
Related Powershell Commands:
Add-Member - Add a member to an instance of a PowerShell object
Get-Help - Open the help file
Get-Command - Retrieve basic information about a command
Get-PSDrive - Get drive information (DriveInfo)
