Powershell: Export a custom object to a CSV file - extract a single property value with Select-Object

Question

I wrote a script that constructs a custom object and exports it to a CSV file:

$reg = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\McAfee\\DLP\\Agent | Select-Object ag         


        

Answer 1

The expression:

Select-Object {$_.LastWriteTime}

outputs an object with a single property with name $_.LastWriteTime. The simplest way to fix it is to use the -ExpandProperty parameter which will only output the value that you are interested in. e.g.:

$date86 = Get-ItemProperty 'C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee'|
            Select-Object -ExpandProperty LastWriteTime 

Note that I've also removed the script block from the Select-Object command, as it wasn't necessary.