3.5. Adding or Deleting Properties Using Select-Object
Select-Object has also been named after a related operation from the databases world—the SELECT clause that defines the columns that are returned in our query result set. While Where-Object allows us to select a subset of a collection's items, analogous to selecting rows from a table, Select-Object does the same for properties, similar to manipulating a table's columns. The Select-Object cmdlet allows us to remove properties from the resulting objects or even add new ones that will be calculated on the fly.
At the very minimum, Select-Object asks for a list of properties that will be returned. Here is how to get just the names and last access times for the files in the current folder:
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