PowerShell has some cmdlets that are designed to work with all kinds of objects. You can easily recognize them because they all have -Noun Object. You can use the Get-Command cmdlet's –Noun parameter to find them:
PowerCLI C:\> Get-Command -Noun Object
The output of the preceding command is as follows:
CommandType Name ModuleName ----------- ---- ---------- Cmdlet Compare-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet ForEach-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Core Cmdlet Group-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Measure-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet New-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Select-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Sort-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Tee-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Cmdlet Where-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Core
In the following section, we will discuss the Object cmdlets.