Export a powershell object to a comma-separated values (CSV) file.
Syntax
Export-CSV [[-Delimiter] char] [-Path] string -InputObject psobject
[-Encoding string] [-Force] [-NoClobber] [-NoTypeInformation]
[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [CommonParameters]
Export-CSV [-UseCulture] [-Path] string -InputObject psobject
[-Encoding string] [-Force] [-NoClobber] [-NoTypeInformation]
[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [CommonParameters]
Key:
-Delimiter char
A delimiter to separate the property values.
The default is a comma (,). Enter a character, such as a colon (:).
To specify a semicolon (;), enclose it in quotation marks.
-Encoding string
The encoding for the exported CSV file.
Valid values are: Unicode, UTF7, UTF8, ASCII, UTF32,
BigEndian unicode, Default, and OEM. The default is ASCII.
-Force
Overwrite the file specified in path without prompting.
-InputObject psobject
The objects to export as CSV strings.
Enter a variable that contains the objects or type a command or
expression that gets the objects. You can also pipe objects to Export-CSV.
-NoClobber
Do not overwrite (replace the contents) of an existing file.
By default, Export-CSV will overwrite any existing file without warning.
-NoTypeInformation
Omit the type information from the CSV file.
By default, the first line of the CSV file contains "#TYPE "
followed by the fully-qualified name of the type of the .NET Framework object.
-Path string
The path to the CSV output file. (required)
-UseCulture
Use the list separator for the current culture as the item delimiter.
The default is a comma (,).
This is useful in scripts that are being distributed to users worldwide.
To find the list separator for a culture, use the following command:
(Get-Culture).TextInfo.ListSeparator.
-whatIf
Describe what would happen if you executed the command without actually
executing the command.
-confirm
Prompt for confirmation before executing the command.
CommonParameters:
-Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
-OutBuffer -OutVariable.
Examples
Select a few properties from the wmiprvse process and export them to a CSV format file:
PS C:> get-process wmiprvse | select-object basePriority,ID,SessionID,WorkingSet | export-csv -path data.csv
Export objects representing the processes on the computer to Processes.csv (comma separated):
PS C:> get-process | export-csv E:\processes.csv
Export objects representing the processes on the computer to Processes.csv (semicolon separated):
PS C:> get-process | export-csv E:\processes.csv -Delimiter ";"
Export objects representing the processes on the computer and use -NoTypeInformation to suppress the type information in the output file:
PS C:> get-process | export-csv E:\processes.csv -NoTypeInformation
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Related:
import-csv - Take values from a CSV list and send objects down the pipeline.
export-clixml - Produce a clixml representation of powershell objects
import-clixml - Import a clixml file and rebuild the PS object
convertTo-Html - Convert the input into an HTML table
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