How to iterate over an array created by select-object

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I just feel really stupid right now. I forgot how to iterate over an array created by Select-Object, and I can't find a solution.

I have a command like this:

$sitepublish = gci "W:\PublishSettings\$remoteIIS" | select FullName,BaseName

Which returns objects like this:

@{FullName=\\server\wdp$\PublishSettings\xy.PublishSettings; BaseName=xy}

How do I know iterate over it to get the FullName and the BaseName property for each object?

I tried this:

$sitepublish.Keys | % {
    Write-Host $_.FullName -fore Blue
    Write-Host $_.BaseName -fore Green
}

But it doesn't return anything.

Instead of .keys I also tried .properties, .psobject.properties, .getenumerator() and also just the variable without anything else (so just $sitepublish | % {}).

Martin Brandl · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-14 11:26:22Z

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You can use the Foreach-Object cmdlet:

$sitepublish | Foreach-Object {
    Write-Host $_.FullName -fore Blue
    Write-Host $_.BaseName -fore Green
}

answered Jul 14, 2016 at 11:26

Martin Brandl

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SimonS Over a year ago

I'm already using this, % {} is an alias for foreach-object {} :)

Martin Brandl Over a year ago

You don't have to use the Keys property to iterate over it. Give it a try ;-)

SimonS Over a year ago

it doesn't work, I already tried it without a property, and now again because you made me insecure. no return

Martin Brandl Over a year ago

Which PowerShell version you are using? This works fine for me.

SimonS Over a year ago

i got it now. it was a problem of the powershell_ise itself. after restarting it worked. i guess it was because I played around with the $sitepublish variable. made it a [string[]], emptied it with $sitepublish = "", made it a [psobject], seems like ISE couldn't handle this, so that's where the error occured. thanks for your help

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