PowerShell: Get Object Type

To get a object type programatically, use .getType() method.

"abc".getType().ToString()
# "System.String"

if you have potentially multiple objects, pipe it to foreach.

dir | ForEach-Object {$_.getType().ToString()}
# System.IO.DirectoryInfo or System.IO.FileInfo

Get-Date | ForEach-Object {$_.getType().ToString()}
# System.DateTime