PowerShell command verb: format

format cmdLets

Some interesting PowerShell cmdLets whose verb is format can be determined like so:

PS C:\> get-command  -verb format                 |
  where-object {
     $_.commandType -eq    'cmdLet' -and 
     $_.source      -match 'powerShell' 
  }                                       |
  select-object name

Name
----
Format-Custom
Format-List
Format-Table
Format-Wide

PowerShell Core also has the cmdlet format-custom.

These cmdLets control which properties of an object are displayed.

format-table pivotizes the property values of the objects while format-list unpivotizes them.

format-wide only shows a single property.