Output-Format-command

Using Format Commands to Change Output View, Windows PowerShell has a set of cmdlets that allow you to control which properties are displayed for particular objects.
These cmdlets are easy for identification, names of all the cmdlets begin with the verb "Format".

  • Format-Table
  • Format-Wide
  • Format-List
  • and Format-Custom

Get-Process
Let see how to get different running instances output in powershell, Default view

Let see how to get different running instances output in powershell, Default view, for running chrome instances

Example 

PS C:\Users> Get-Process -Name chrome
Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName                                                          
-------  ------    -----      ----- -----   ------     -- -----------                                                          
    157      22    90024      84984   264     1.34   7180 chrome                                                               
    923      60    65544      94112   290    12.76   8052 chrome                                                               
    133      21    38764      29812   195     1.11   8404 chrome                                                               
    142      23    43136      44212   203     1.12  10828 chrome

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Let see how to get different running instances output in powershell, Default view, for running chrome instances, in list view

Example 

        PS C:\Users> Get-Process -Name chrome | Format-List
        Id      : 7180
        Handles : 157
        CPU     : 1.3416086
        Name    : chrome
        Id      : 8052
        Handles : 923
        CPU     : 12.7608818
        Name    : chrome
        Id      : 8404
        Handles : 133
        CPU     : 1.1076071
        Name    : chrome
        Id      : 10828
        Handles : 142
        CPU     : 1.1232072
        Name    : chrome

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Format-Wide
The Format-Wide cmdlet, by default, displays only the default property of an object.



based on ID property

Format-Table

Example 

Get-Process -Name chrome | Format-Table -Property Path,Name,Id,Company

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Example 

        
    Get-Process -Name chrome | Format-Table -Wrap -AutoSize -Property Name,Id,Path -GroupBy Company

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