I want to pull the names of computer objects in AD in to a file. The method I'm trying so far is this
$computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * | Format-List name
write($computers) | Out-File -FilePath .\computers.txt
The issue I have with this though is that the file that is output looks like this:
name : SERVER1
name : SERVER2
name : WORKSTATION1
name : WORKSTATION2
And I'm looking for just a straight list of names with out the "name : " part that comes in front.
$computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * | select-object -expandproperty name | out-file .\computers.txt
This should be faster than MDMoore313's solution by virtue of not looping through the results & writing to disk on each trip through (1.7s for his vs. 1.1s for mine in my AD environment, writing to a RAMDisk).
If you are using PowerShell 3+, you could use short-hand dot notation below.
(Get-ADComnputer -filter *).name > .\computers.txt
#or
(Get-ADComnputer -filter *).name | out-file .\computers.txt
Here's the plain bread & butter:
Get-ADComputer -Filter * | Format-Table name
Just change the word "List" in your command to the word "Table" and you get exactly what you asked for - no "name:" text in front of the hostnames (and no line-feed between each result, either!).
$computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * | foreach { $_.Name | Add-Content -Path .\computers.txt}
I found (get-adcomputer -filter *).name > .\computers.tx not working but it works fine if there is some modification for the original positing:
$computers = Get-ADComputer -Filter * | Format-table name
write($computers) | Out-File -FilePath .\computers.txt
