Using Select-Object in a script moves on before Select-Object is done

Asked Sep 03 '20 at 20:27

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With this code:

Get-ADUser -Filter {samaccountname -like "jsmith*"} | select samaccountname
Read-Host "what's up"

Why does my output always ask "what's up" before giving me the list of AD Users?
The issue only occurs if I use select.

asked Sep 03 '20 at 20:27

DragonKing

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Timing of the host interaction and success stream don't operate linearly with respect to each other in a script. Add `| Out-Host` after your `select` command to use the host for both interactions. The host won't wait for the pipeline to finish. – AdminOfThings Sep 03 '20 at 20:33
As I was fiddling, I also noticed that piping to Format-Table makes it wait, but I don't always want to use Format-Table. Thanks for your suggestion of Out-Host. I'll try that. – DragonKing Sep 03 '20 at 20:47
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`Out-Host` is only an option if you're outputting to the _display_, unfortunately - see the accepted [answer to the linked question](https://stackoverflow.com/a/43691123/45375) for background information and trade-offs. – mklement0 Sep 03 '20 at 22:23

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