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Part I: PowerShell for Exchange Fundamentals

Controlling Output

When you run a cmdlet in Windows PowerShell, the type of data displayed as output, if any, is

determined by the default format of the cmdlet. The output format is determined at the time the

cmdlet is created. Most cmdlets that use the

Get verb have some form of default display formatting that

results in what the programmer determined the most useful information. For example, running the

Get-Mailbox cmdlet for a specific user results in the output shown in Figure 1 - 19 .

Figure 1-19

Figure 1-18

At times you need to see more specific information not included in the default format. By using the

pipeline operator to pass objects to the

Format-List and Format-Table cmdlets you can control a

cmdlet ’ s output to see either all properties or only those properties you specify.

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