a. Limit the properties returned from a command using wildcards

Question

b. Skip items at the beginning. This example returns the fifth item.

c. List everything but a few properties

d. Get the first few objects

e. Expand individual properties

f. Limit the properties returned by a command by name

g. Get the last few objects

Answer 1

a. To limit the properties returned from a command using wildcards, you can use the following syntax:

```powershell
Get-Command *-Item | Select-Object -Property Name, CommandType
```

This example will return only the "Name" and "CommandType" properties of all commands that have "Item" in their name.

b. To skip items at the beginning and return a specific item, you can use the following syntax:

```powershell
Get-ChildItem | Select-Object -Skip 4 -First 1
```

This example will skip the first 4 items and return the fifth item.

c. To list everything but a few properties, you can use the following syntax:

```powershell
Get-Process | Select-Object -Property *
```

This example will return all properties of the "Get-Process" command.

d. To get the first few objects, you can use the following syntax:

```powershell
Get-Service | Select-Object -First 5
```

This example will return the first 5 objects from the "Get-Service" command.

e. To expand individual properties, you can use the following syntax:

```powershell
Get-EventLog -LogName Application | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Message
```

This example will expand the "Message" property of the events in the "Application" log.

f. To limit the properties returned by a command by name, you can use the following syntax:

```powershell
Get-Process | Select-Object -Property Name, CPU, Memory
```

This example will return only the "Name", "CPU", and "Memory" properties of the processes.

g. To get the last few objects, you can use the following syntax:

```powershell
Get-ChildItem | Select-Object -Last 3
```

This example will return the last 3 objects from the "Get-ChildItem" command.