I have this task to do, and well, I’m easily side tracked.

I find that I often times (especially with WMI calls) do a count and a Get-Member on the return just to see what I’m working with. So I thought, why not simplify that task?

function dwmi {
$rtn = iex "gwmi $([string]$args)"
$rtn | gm | ?{$_.name -notlike "__*"} | out-host
write-host "Count: $($rtn.count)"
return $rtn
}
$share = dwmi win32_share

This is a good example of where to use Invoke-Expression (IEX) as well as a good use of $args rather than named params. You could have this function use your own args as well, you’d just need to rip them out of $args before passing them to the CMDLET you are wrapping.

Just thought this was neat and worth sharing, hope you enjoy.