Use a customized view to format PowerShell output.
Syntax
Format-Custom [[-property] Object[]] [-inputObject psobject]
[-view string] [-groupBy Object] [-force] [-expand string]
[-displayError] [-showError]
[-depth int] [CommonParameters]
Key
-property Object[]
The object properties to display (in order)
Wildcards are permitted.
You cannot use -Property and -View in the same command.
-inputObject psobject
The objects to format. (a variable, command or expression that gets the objects)
-view string
The name of an alternate format or "view."
-groupBy Object
Format the output in groups based on a shared property or value.
-force
Override restrictions that prevent the command from succeeding,
without compromising security. Force will override read-only
attributes but will not change file permissions.
-expand string
Where string is either "EnumOnly" (the default), "CoreOnly" or "Both"
'CoreOnly' will format and display properties of the collection object itself,
while 'emumOnly' will enumerate and display the object properties.
(designed around the ICollection (System.Collections) interface.)
-displayError
Display errors at the command line.
-showError
Send errors through the pipeline.
-depth int
The number of columns in the display.
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
-OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and -OutVariable
Standard Aliases for Format-Custom: fc
The value of -Property can be a new calculated property. To create a calculated property, use a hash table. Valid keys are:
-- Expression string or script block
-- Depth int32
If the Format-Custom command does not include -View, a default custom view will be used to format the data.
Examples
List the Winlogon process using a custom view called MyCustomView :
PS C:\> get-process Winlogon | format-custom -view MyCustomView
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Related PowerShell Cmdlets:
format-table - Format the output as a table.
format-wide - Format objects as a table of their properties.
out-file - Send command output to a file.