PowerShell: Get Object Type

Get Object's Type

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

"abc".getType().name
# String

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

if you have a collection of objects, pipe it to foreach.

# see all types of a collection
Get-ChildItem | ForEach-Object {$_.getType().fullname}
# System.IO.DirectoryInfo or System.IO.FileInfo

Find the Types of Command Output, Interactively

• To find the object types of a command's output, pipe it to Get-Member.
• Get-Member shows each distinct type once in its output, together with the type's members.

"abc" | Get-Member
# System.String

dir | Get-Member
# System.IO.DirectoryInfo, System.IO.FileInfo

Get-Date | Get-Member
# System.DateTime