Where-Object
Selects objects from a collection based on their property values. This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/where-object.
- Filter aliases by its name:
Get-Alias | Where-Object -{{Property}} {{Name}} -{{eq}} {{name}}
- Get a list of all services that are currently stopped. The
$_
automatic variable represents each object that is passed to theWhere-Object
cmdlet:
Get-Service | Where-Object {$_.Status -eq "Stopped"}
- Use multiple conditions:
Get-Module -ListAvailable | Where-Object { $_.Name -NotLike "Microsoft*" -And $_.Name -NotLike "PS*" }