Powershell command get-ADGroupMember export to file

TheFORCE · May 2015

I'm having some issues running this command, not sure if i have insufficient rights or if it's something else. To be more specific.
I can run the command get-adgroupmember and then I'm being prompted to enter an identity. I enter the group name as a parameter and the command executes. However once it has been completed i cannont scroll up and export all the group members.
So instead i run the following command get-adgroupmember -identity"group1" | select name | Export-csv -path C:\output\group.csv -notypeinformation
i hit enter and i get "》" and there is no output file anywhere. Am I running the command correctly?

Slowhand · May 2015

I tried the same thing, and I'm not getting an error or the "expected input" prompt. It runs and exports to a csv just fine. I'm assuming that you're running this on Windows Server 2003 since you posted it in the MCSA/MCSE 2003 section of the forum, but what version of PowerShell are you running?

TheFORCE · May 2015

Slowhand wrote: »

I tried the same thing, and I'm not getting an error or the "expected input" prompt. It runs and exports to a csv just fine. I'm assuming that you're running this on Windows Server 2003 since you posted it in the MCSA/MCSE 2003 section of the forum, but what version of PowerShell are you running?

Slowhand i will have to get you that information in the morning as i am not in the office now. But would the version matter for a command like this? I do not have local admin rights on my machine or elevated access rights in AD. The most i can do is run some queries and searches. Could that be the issue?

Shdwmage · May 2015

TheFORCE, are you putting a space between the -identity and the "group1"

get-adgroupmember -identity"group1" | select name | Export-csv -path C:\output\group.csv -notypeinformation

It should look something like this:

get-adgroupmember -identity "group1" | select name | Export-csv -path C:\output\group.csv -notypeinformation

Additionally have you tried to run it without the export to see if the core portion of the command is working properly?

TheFORCE · May 2015

Thanks guys I was able to figure it out. I think the issue might have been the version as Slowhand suggested. I'm using powershell version 2.0. I created the path and an emoty output file and run the command. The information was exported to the file.

Slowhand · May 2015

I was kind of thinking that your issue might've been with the version. Export-CSV was a bit wonky in 2.0. Also, if you didn't have the C:\Output folder already created, that would've given you an error, but it shouldn't have sat there waiting for you to put further input.

TheFORCE · May 2015

Slowhand wrote: »

I was kind of thinking that your issue might've been with the version. Export-CSV was a bit wonky in 2.0. Also, if you didn't have the C:\Output folder already created, that would've given you an error, but it shouldn't have sat there waiting for you to put further input.

Yeah that was probably the issue. The folder not being present. I did some further testing, this time did not create the file and used the existing folder. The command run fine and it created the csv file on its own.

Powershell command get-ADGroupMember export to file

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