ConvertTo-Csv Output without quotes

Question

I am using ConvertTo-Csv to get comma separated output

 get-process | convertto-csv -NoTypeInformation -Delimiter \",\"

It out

Answer 1

This is pretty similar to the accepted answer but it helps to prevent unwanted removal of "real" quotes.

$delimiter = ','
Get-Process | ConvertTo-Csv -Delimiter $delimiter -NoTypeInformation | foreach { $_ -replace '^"','' -replace "`"$delimiter`"",$delimiter -replace '"$','' }

This will do the following:

• Remove quotes that begin a line
• Remove quotes that end a line
• Replace quotes that wrap a delimiter with the delimiter alone.

Therefore, the only way this would go wrong is if one of the values actually contained not only quotes, but specifically a quote-delimiter-quote sequence, which hopefully should be pretty uncommon.

Answer 2

I wrote this for my needs:

function ConvertTo-Delimited {

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$true,Mandatory=$true)]
        [psobject[]]$InputObject,
        [string]$Delimiter='|',
        [switch]$ExcludeHeader
    )
    Begin {

        if ( $ExcludeHeader -eq $false ) {
            @(
                $InputObject[0].PsObject.Properties | `
                Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
            ) -Join $Delimiter          
        }

    }
    Process {

        foreach ($item in $InputObject) {
            @(
                $item.PsObject.Properties | `
                Select-Object Value | `
                ForEach-Object { 
                    if ( $null -ne $_.Value ) {$_.Value.ToString()} 
                    else {''} 
                }
            ) -Join $Delimiter
        }

    }
    End {}

}

Usage:

$Data = @(
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        A = $null
        B = Get-Date
        C = $null
    }
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        A = 1
        B = Get-Date
        C = 'Lorem'
    }
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        A = 2
        B = Get-Date
        C = 'Ipsum'
    }
    [PSCustomObject]@{
        A = 3
        B = $null
        C = 'Lorem Ipsum'
    }
)

# with headers
PS> ConvertTo-Delimited $Data
A|B|C
1|7/17/19 9:07:23 PM|Lorem
2|7/17/19 9:07:23 PM|Ipsum
||

# without headers
PS> ConvertTo-Delimited $Data -ExcludeHeader
1|7/17/19 9:08:19 PM|Lorem
2|7/17/19 9:08:19 PM|Ipsum
||