How do I parse data from a Get-WMIObject query into a string?

Question

I have the following line of code...

get-wmiobject -class win32_computersystem | select-object username

It returns (redacted with placeholders)...

@{username=DOMAIN\jsmith}

What needs to be done to remove the padding and give me a "plain" readout of DOMAIN\jsmith?

For bonus points, how do I parse that value into just jsmith?

Frode F. · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-20 07:44:57Z

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You need to expand the property to get the value of username instead of a custom object with the property username. Try

get-wmiobject -class win32_computersystem | select-object -expand username

To get the username only, try:

(get-wmiobject -class win32_computersystem | select-object -expand username).Split("\")[2]

You may need to use [1] instead of [2] at the end depending on your OS. In Windows 8, you need 2, while in Windows 7(and older I think), you need 1.

edited Mar 20, 2013 at 7:44

answered Mar 19, 2013 at 22:17

Frode F.

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Bigbio2002 Over a year ago

Perfect, it works! Do you happen to know how to tokenize that out to remove the domain portion?

alroc Over a year ago

It's a string. It can be split.

Bigbio2002 Over a year ago

Thanks for all of your help everyone. I ended up doing $_.split("\") | select-object -last 1

billy · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-20 09:14:41Z

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try this

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserAccount | where -property name -eq jsmith | select Name

answered Mar 20, 2013 at 9:14

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