How do you do something like
PS> A | B | C | Format-Table PropertyFromA, PropertyFromB, PropertyFromC
So for example
gci -r -i *.txt | Get-Content | where {$_.Contains("SomeText")} | FormatTable -Property {$_.Directory, $.Name}
In this case gci output will have properties of Directory, Name but these will be lost when I pipe through Get-Content. How do I store this and make use later when piped to Format-Table. Can all this be achieved nicely in a single pipe chain command?
A small modification to your command will work:
gci -r -i *.txt | ? { (gc $_.FullName) -Match "SomeText" } | FormatTable Directory,Name
Arco444 has the right answer for this situation. On the off chance you are not showing us the real reason you are asking this question, or if others make their way here, I am going to show two examples that address this question as well.
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -filter *.txt | ForEach-Object{
$_ | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name FileData -Value (Get-Content $_.FullName) -PassThru
} | Where-Object{($_.Filedata).Contains("SomeText")} |
Format-Table name,directory
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -filter *.txt |
Select Name,Directory,@{Label="FileData";Expression={Get-Content $_.FullName}} |
Where-Object{($_.Filedata).Contains("SomeText")} |
Format-Table name,directory
These "oneliners" are both examples that add a property to the objects created by Get-ChildItem. The new property FileData is then what you filter on. This logic can be applied in other ways as well.
