Formatting command output in Powershell

Question

I'm trying to get the "dir" output for a given path using Powershell but I'm having a hard time trying to get the desired format. I'm new to Powershell so any suggestions on the command that I've used will also be very helpful to me.

Command used

 $dirs  = (Get-ChildItem -Recurse $path | Format-Table -HideTableHeaders | Out-String).Split("`n")

Output I get

    Directory: D:\GetDataTest





d-----         3/4/2018   6:02 PM                dir1                                                             

d-----         3/4/2018   6:02 PM                dir2                                                             

-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_1                                                           

-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_2                                                           





    Directory: D:\GetDataTest\dir1





-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_1                                                           

-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_2                                                           





    Directory: D:\GetDataTest\dir2





-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_1                                                           

-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_2

I would like get rid of all the whitespaces as well as the lines that read "Directory: .." before the list of items inside the directory.

The output format that I'm after is

d-----         3/4/2018   6:02 PM                dir1                                                             
d-----         3/4/2018   6:02 PM                dir2                                                             
-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_1                                                           
-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_2                                                           
-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_1                                                           
-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_2                                                           
-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_1                                                           
-a----         3/2/2018   3:56 PM           1024 file_2

dir -R $path | Select-Object -Property Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, Name — JosefZ
– JosefZ, Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 12:50
At the conceptual level, you need to know that the output of GCI is not the same as the same output as displayed to the screen. The output of GCI is a stream of objects. What goes to the screen is a stream of characters. Very different. — Walter Mitty
– Walter Mitty, Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 13:18
@JosefZ, quick question, I tried using the property FullName but I'd like to remove the first level. Basically FullName for one of the files is D:\GetDataTest\dir2\file. I'd like to only print dir2\file2 and strip the first level i.e. strip D:\GetDataTest — Dhiwakar Ravikumar
– Dhiwakar Ravikumar, Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 13:19
To remove the top level directory, you could dir -R $path | Select-Object -Property Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, @{n='name';e={$_.FullName -replace '^.:\\[^\\]*\\(.*)','$1'}}. — lit
– lit, Commented Mar 4, 2018 at 13:44

G42 · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-04 13:31:19Z

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As per JoesfZ's comment, you can specify the properties using Select-Object:

Get-Childitem -R $path | Select-Object -Property Mode, LastWriteTime, Length, Name

You can also manipulate the properties using a Name and Expression hashtable, as documented in the link above - for example, to strip out "D:\GetDataTest" from the FullName property:

Get-Childitem -R $path |
    Select-Object -Property @{Name = "PartialPath"; Expression = {($_.FullName).Replace("D:\GetDataTest","")}}

Name and Expression can be further abbreviated to n and e

answered Mar 4, 2018 at 13:31

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