{"id":713,"date":"2014-09-08T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2014\/09\/08\/powertip-use-tab-to-complete-wmi-class-names\/"},"modified":"2014-09-08T11:59:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T11:59:00","slug":"powertip-use-tab-to-complete-wmi-class-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-use-tab-to-complete-wmi-class-names\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Use Tab to Complete WMI Class Names"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/b>: Use Tab completion to type WMI class names in Windows PowerShell.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Hey, I am using WMI in the Windows PowerShell console and in the Windows PowerShell ISE, and I am having a hard time
           correctly typing the long convoluted class names. How can I simplify the process and be more accurate?<\/p>\n

\"Hey,Use the Get-CimInstance<\/b> cmdlet instead of the Get-WmiObject<\/b> cmdlet. One advantage (among many) of the 
           Get-CimInstance<\/b> cmdlet is that it will do Tab completion on WMI class names.
           (The alias for Get-CimInstance<\/b> cmdlet is GCIM<\/b>.)<\/p>\n

GCIM <tab> #
(cycles through the WMI classes in the default root\\cimv2<\/strong> WMI namespace)<\/p>\n

GCIM Win32_P<tab> #
(cycles through WMI class names beginning with the letter P (such as, Win32_PageFile)<\/p>\n

\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Use Tab completion to type WMI class names in Windows PowerShell.  I am using WMI in the Windows PowerShell console and in the Windows PowerShell ISE, and I am having a hard time            correctly typing the long convoluted class names. How can I simplify the process and be more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[356,3,45],"class_list":["post-713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powertip","tag-scripting-guy","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"

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