Split Select-String

Question

Given this variable

$foo = help | Select-String powershell

Trying a split will fail

PS > $foo.split()
Method invocation failed because [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.MatchInfo]
does not contain a method named 'split'.
At line:1 char:1
+ $foo.split()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

How can I split this variable?

Solution

The string value of the matched line is in the Line property of the MatchInfo object.

$foo.Line.split()

Comments

[Keith Hill]

While this works, it is not exactly embracing the nature of PowerShell i.e. it outputs objects not merely text. :-)