# Return other properties when using Select-String

**URL:** <https://forums.powershell.org/t/return-other-properties-when-using-select-string/176>\
**Category:** PowerShell Help\
**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/return-other-properties-when-using-select-string/176 "2011-12-31T18:30:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/return-other-properties-when-using-select-string/176/1 "2011-12-31T18:30:00Z")

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by SQLRunr at 2012-09-17 13:09:24

> I have a log object which has multiple properties, one of which has the log messages in a property called Text. Another property is the date/time of the message. I’m using the following command:  
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> $log | select-string -inputobject {$_.Text} -pattern ‘Error:’ -context 0,1_  
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> _Unfortunately it only returns what’s in the Text property. Is there a way to also return the other corresponding properties?_  
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> _Thanks._  
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> _Allen_

_by RichardSiddaway at 2012-09-17 13:30:58_

> _could you try something like this_  
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> _$data = $log | select-string -inputobject {$_.Text} -pattern ‘Error:’ -context 0,1  
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> if ($data){ do your stuff here }

by SQLRunr at 2012-09-17 14:38:07

> Unfortunately there’s no ‘key’ information in the Text property that could link back to the other properties. I was hoping that select-string with the -inputobject property would preserve that object integrity somehow.

by Klaas at 2012-09-18 00:44:44

> Do you mean your $log is a collection of log objects and you want to filter out the objects that contain ‘Error:’?  
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> Would this help you?:  
> `$log | Where {$.Text -match ‘Error:’} | Select Date,Text`

_by SQLRunr at 2012-09-18 12:18:14_

_> Thanks, Klaas but that returns a whole lot of blank rows if I add the context parameter. Looks like I’ll need to load the text file with the log rather than the log object. ☹_

_by Klaas at 2012-09-19 01:36:44_

> _Why exactly do you need the -context ? If it’s just to truncate the text, maybe you could use the substring method:_  
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> _`$log | Where-object {$`_`.Text -match ‘Error:’} | Select-object Date,@{name=‘message’,expression={$_.Text.substring(0,160)}}`  
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> If you would choose to work with text instead of objects, I think you’re going to have a lot more work with all the conversion and matching.

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