Powershell Resolve-DnsName to variable

Question

I'm trying to put data of Resolve-DnsName mmydomain.com to a variable.

$data = Resolve-DnsName mmydomain.com 
Write-host $data

As a result of this scrip, I can see only this string Microsoft.DnsClient.Commands.DnsRecord_A, while simple execution of Resolve-DnsName mmydomain.com writes me full nslookup data.

Any advice, please?

`Write-Host ($data |Out-String)` – Mathias R. Jessen Nov 12 '19 at 13:31 — Mathias R. Jessen, Nov 12 '19 at 13:31

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 14 '21 at 08:31

The IP information is in $data.IPAddress - the below lists ALL the properties that are retrieved when you run the Resolve-DnsName cmdlet:

$data = Resolve-DnsName mmydomain.com 
$data | Select *

If you want one(or more) of the properties, ask for it(them) by name:

$data = Resolve-DnsName mmydomain.com 
# By Select method
Write-Host 'Select the IpAddress property of $data:'
$data | Select IPAddress | Out-Host
# By property name
Write-Host 'Get by property name:'
$data.IpAddress

Generally you would just use what you need e.g.

$Data | select Name,Ip4Address,Type

So in your example:

If ($data.IpAddress -like "*11.22.33.44*") {
    Write-Host "Got it!"
}
Else {
    Write-Host "Nothing found!"
}

Powershell Resolve-DnsName to variable

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