Question

When I run the following script it returns: @{Name=<Usersname>} not found

Foreach ($object in Get-childitem "\\HomeDriveServer\home$\" | select Name)
{
$userAccount = get-aduser -Filter {SamAccountName -like "*$object*"}
if($userAccount -eq $null)
    {
write-host "$object not found"
    }
else
    {
write-host "$object found"
    }
}

Get-childitem "\\HomeDriveServer\home$\" | select Name returns the list of folder names fine without the @{Name=XXX}

why is the @{Name=XXX} appearing, and how can I get rid of it?

Thanks

Answer 1

What you see is not exactly what you get. Your query returns a collection.
You should try :

Foreach ($object in Get-childitem "\\HomeDriveServer\home$\" | select -ExpandProperty Name)
{
$userAccount = get-aduser -Filter {SamAccountName -like "*$object*"}
if($userAccount -eq $null)
    {
write-host "$object not found"
    }
else
    {
write-host "$object found"
    }
}