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To get the properties of an object, use the Get-Member cmdlet. For example, to get the properties of a FileInfo object, use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to get the FileInfo object that represents a file. Then, use a pipeline operator ( | ) to send the FileInfo object to Get-Member .
How to get all properties and methods available for the service in PowerShell? To display all the properties and methods available for the get-service cmdlet you need to pipeline Get-Member (alias gm). MemberType 'Property' is to display the specific property like machinename, servicename, etc.
The “$_” is said to be the pipeline variable in PowerShell. The “$_” variable is an alias to PowerShell's automatic variable named “$PSItem“. It has multiple use cases such as filtering an item or referring to any specific object.
The MemberType parameter indicates the type of member that you want to add. The Name parameter assigns a name to the new member, and the Value parameter sets the value of the member.
Try this:
Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_computersystem" | Format-List *
Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_computersystem" | Format-List -Property *
For certain objects, PowerShell provides a set of formatting instructions that can affect either the table or list formats. These are usually meant to limit the display of reams of properties down to just the essential properties. However there are times when you really want to see everything. In those cases Format-List * will show all the properties. Note that in the case where you're trying to view a PowerShell error record, you need to use "Format-List * -Force" to truly see all the error information, for example,
$error[0] | Format-List * -force
Note that the wildcard can be used like a traditional wilcard this:
Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_computersystem" | Format-List M*
If you want to know what properties (and methods) there are:
Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_computersystem" | Get-Member
You can also use:
Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_computersystem" | Select *
This will show the same result as Format-List * used in the other answers here.
I like
Get-WmiObject Win32_computersystem | format-custom *
That seems to expand everything.
There's also a show-object command in the PowerShellCookbook module that does it in a GUI. Jeffrey Snover, the PowerShell creator, uses it in his unplugged videos (recommended).
Although most often I use
Get-WmiObject Win32_computersystem | fl *
It avoids the .format.ps1xml file that defines a table or list view for the object type, if there are any. The format file may even define column headers that don't match any property names.
The most succinct way to do this is:
Get-WmiObject -Class win32_computersystem -Property *
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