Out-GridView

Send output to an interactive table in a separate window.

Syntax
      Out-GridView [-InputObject psobject] [-Title string] [CommonParameters]

Key
   -InputObject psobject
       Input object to be displayed

       If a collection of objects are specified, Out-GridView will treat
       the collection as one collection object, and will display one row
       that represents the entire collection.

       To display the each object in a collection, use a pipeline operator (|)
       to send objects to Out-GridView.

    -Title string
       The text that appears in the title bar of the Out-GridView window. 

       By default, the title bar displays the command that invokes Out-GridView.

   CommonParameters:
       -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -WarningAction, -WarningVariable,
       -OutBuffer -OutVariable.

If the current location is a registry key, then -filepath must either be specified as filesystem::yourfilename.txt or use a full path C:\docs\yourfile.txt

The final part of displaying PowerShell output is a hidden background call to an Output cmdlet, by default as the last part of the execution process PowerShell calls the default output cmdlet which is typically Out-Host.

Examples

Get the processes running on the local computer and sends them to a grid view window:

PS C:\> get-process | out-gridview
or
PS C:\> $p = get-process
PS C:\> $p | out-gridview

Display a formatted table in a grid view window:

PS C:\> get-process | select-object -property name, workingset, peakworkingset | sort-object -property workingset -de sc | out-gridview

“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Related:

Out-Default - Send output to default
Out-Host - Send the pipelined output to the host
Out-Null - Send output to null
Out-Printer - Send the output to a printer
Out-String - Send output to the pipleline as strings
Tee-Object - Send input objects to two places
Equivalent bash commands: redirection - Redirection and Process Substitution, cat > file2.txt – Redirect standard input into a file



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