Export-CSV only gets the “Length”

Question

when I try to export to a CSV list, I only get all number for \"Length\" .Count property until the split point is reached, then split the CSV array to a new file w

Answer 1

Export-CSV is built to take PSCustomObjects as input, not lines of text.

$thisCSV = Get-Acl $path | Select-Object -Expand Access |
    Select-Object @{n='Path';e={$path}}, IdentityReference, AccessControlType,
                  FileSystemRights |
    ConvertTo-Csv

The output of this line will be something like:

#TYPE Selected.System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule
"Path","IdentityReference","AccessControlType","FileSystemRights"
"c:\test","BUILTIN\Administrators","Allow","FullControl"

At least three lines, an array of string. What properties does an array of string have?

PS C:\> 'a','b' | Get-Member -MemberType Property


   TypeName: System.String

Name   MemberType Definition       
----   ---------- ----------       
Length Property   int Length {get;}

Length. The only property you see in the CSV, because Export-CSV is exporting all the properties, and that's the only property.

Fix: Remove | ConvertTo-CSV from the Get-ACL line, leave your custom objects as custom objects and let the export handle converting them.

(This should also fix the counting, because it's not counting 3+ lines of text while trying to export 1+ line of data every time).