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Use the PowerShell Select-String Cmdlet to Parse WMI Output

Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell Select-String cmdlet to easily parse WMI output.   (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a quick question: is it possible to parse the output of some of the WMI commands? I know they return objects, but some of the commands return sooooo much data. I would like a quick and easy way to look for...