Objects, Properties and Methods Part 2

Let’s take a look at some examples using Methods:

We’re going to be using get-process and the process named notepad

• First let’s open notepad, open your search bar and press notepad, minimize to the taskbar
• Type get-process, press return, press return again. Scroll up, and we see that notepad is running. Press return and cls.
• **Type get-process -name notepad **press return, now press return again

In our boat and car **illustration **we showed you that objects contain **properties **and methods, but when we take a look at get-process there are no methods or properties listed.

So, the question is, how can I display the property or methods for get-process?

• By using a special command called get-member. We’ll use the alias gm for get-member.

• Type get-process -name notepad | gm. (Use pipe operator) That’s the symbol right above the enter key. Press your shift key and your pipe operator.

If you recall, a pipeline takes the output of one command and pushes it through to the input of the second command.

So, get-process has a process called notepad, and you’re piping the output of notepad into the input of get-member. Press return

• There is some very important information, when using get-member.

It’s TypeName. Typename tells us what kind of object that is being sent across the pipeline. In this case the TypeName is System.Diagnostics.Process but we’ll just use the last part which is **process. **Just keep that in mind, you’ll need it later when we get to the pipeline lecture.

• Notice the **method **called kill. Kill is definitely an action.

Go ahead and type this out then we’ll explain it

• **Type (Get-Process Notepad).kill() **

• To use a **method of an object, Place the cmdlet name and the argument in parenthesis, then type a dot (.), then the method name, and a set of parenthe…