Show-WithoutEmptyProperty¶

SYNOPSIS¶

Show an object without its empty properties.

SYNTAX¶

__AllParameterSets¶

Show-WithoutEmptyProperty [-Object] <Object> [<CommonParameters>]

ALIASES¶

This cmdlet has the following aliases, {{Insert list of aliases}}

DESCRIPTION¶

This function shows the properties of an object with all of its empty properties filtered out.

EXAMPLES¶

EXAMPLE 1¶

Show-WithoutEmptyProperty -Object $Object

EXAMPLE 2¶

$Desk = [PSCustomObject]@{ Model = ‘PSDesk’ Height = $null Width = $null Colors = @(‘Black’, ‘Gray’) Adjustable = $true } $Object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $Desk Show-WithoutEmptyProperty -Object $Object

This example creates an object from a hash table and then shows that object’s properties that have values.

EXAMPLE 3¶

Show-WithoutEmptyProperty -Object (Get-Item $HOME)

This example gets the home folder object while invoking the function.

EXAMPLE 4¶

$Object | Show-WithoutEmptyProperty

This example shows how an object can be piped to the function.

EXAMPLE 5¶

Get-ChildItem $HOME | Select-Object -First 1 | Show-WithoutEmptyProperty

This example gets the home folder object and pipes it to the Show-WithoutEmptyProperty function.

PARAMETERS¶

-Object¶

The object to show.

Type: System.Object
DefaultValue: ''
SupportsWildcards: false
Aliases: []
ParameterSets:
- Name: (All)
  Position: 0
  IsRequired: true
  ValueFromPipeline: true
  ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName: false
  ValueFromRemainingArguments: false
DontShow: false
AcceptedValues: []
HelpMessage: ''

CommonParameters¶

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS¶

System.Object¶

OUTPUTS¶

PSCustomObject¶

NOTES¶

I am grateful to Jeffrey Hicks for guiding me towards an understanding of how to complete this function and for providing even nicer code than I started with. I encourage you to reach out to him for PowerShell training and subscribe to his newsletter! 🙏

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