Get a list of object properties in PowerShell
i.e. Show a list of properties for the first web application in the collection of web applications
(Get-SPWebApplication)[0].GetType().GetProperties() | ForEach-Object { Write-Host $_.Name }
Edit: It turns out there's a much simpler and more powerful cmdlet for doing this in PowerShell that also lists methods: Get-Member
For example, to see what methods and properties are available on a string object:
"Some string" | Get-Member
This outputs the following:
TypeName: System.String Name MemberType Definition ---- ---------- ---------- Clone Method System.Object Clone() CompareTo Method int CompareTo(System.Object value), i... Contains Method bool Contains(string value) CopyTo Method System.Void CopyTo(int sourceIndex, c... EndsWith Method bool EndsWith(string value), bool End... Equals Method bool Equals(System.Object obj), bool ... GetEnumerator Method System.CharEnumerator GetEnumerator() GetHashCode Method int GetHashCode() GetType Method type GetType() GetTypeCode Method System.TypeCode GetTypeCode() IndexOf Method int IndexOf(char value), int IndexOf(... IndexOfAny Method int IndexOfAny(char[] anyOf), int Ind... Insert Method string Insert(int startIndex, string ... IsNormalized Method bool IsNormalized(), bool IsNormalize... LastIndexOf Method int LastIndexOf(char value), int Last... LastIndexOfAny Method int LastIndexOfAny(char[] anyOf), int... Normalize Method string Normalize(), string Normalize(... PadLeft Method string PadLeft(int totalWidth), strin... PadRight Method string PadRight(int totalWidth), stri... Remove Method string Remove(int startIndex, int cou... Replace Method string Replace(char oldChar, char new... Split Method string[] Split(Params char[] separato... StartsWith Method bool StartsWith(string value), bool S... Substring Method string Substring(int startIndex), str... ToCharArray Method char[] ToCharArray(), char[] ToCharAr... ToLower Method string ToLower(), string ToLower(Syst... ToLowerInvariant Method string ToLowerInvariant() ToString Method string ToString(), string ToString(Sy... ToUpper Method string ToUpper(), string ToUpper(Syst... ToUpperInvariant Method string ToUpperInvariant() Trim Method string Trim(Params char[] trimChars),... TrimEnd Method string TrimEnd(Params char[] trimChars) TrimStart Method string TrimStart(Params char[] trimCh... Chars ParameterizedProperty char Chars(int index) {get;} Length Property System.Int32 Length {get;}
