Powershell: ConvertTo-/Export-CSV should support -Depth
Apologies for the pithy report, doing this at Ignite
We support -Depth for Clixml, JSON, and XML. We should support it for CSV.
Steps to reproduce
Expected behavior
Actual behavior
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
joeyaiello
All 7 comments
... how, exactly? Take your time, enjoy Ignite, but...
CSV as a format in general has always been about a flat table of data. How would you propose extending it to support nested items?
vexx32
on 25 Sep 2018
Per @vexx32 I am also extremely curious about this request. i have no trouble imagining how one could extend the format. I have more trouble with understanding why one would do so when there are already so many existing hierarchical formats (XML, JSON, YAML, TOML, the list goes on...)
BrucePay
on 26 Sep 2018
Even if we this could be implemented this I fail to see the point. I'm not aware of any standard representation for this, which means this would only be usable by PowerShell, at which point you might as well use CliXml.
jcotton42
on 26 Sep 2018
I wonder too. For Import/Export-Csv we could consider -MaxCount. This might be useful for script debugging if csv files is large.
iSazonov
on 26 Sep 2018
I mean, maybe? But Select-Object -First $X is already perfectly capable of that, no?
vexx32
on 26 Sep 2018
@joeyaiello too many beers?
SteveL-MSFT
on 28 Sep 2018
mannnnn i'da loved this
potatoqualitee
on 13 Mar 2020
Related issues
MaximoTrinidad
路
3Comments
rkeithhill
路
3Comments
mklement0
路
3Comments
abock
路
3Comments
pcgeek86
路
3Comments
Most helpful comment
I mean, maybe? But
Select-Object -First $Xis already perfectly capable of that, no?