1. Native PS is easy. Binary commands are no harder than on any other platform, but I find $? to be reliable. Now you know. 2. Pipe to Out-String. Now you know

1. Native PS is easy. Binary commands are no harder than on any other platform, but I find $? to be reliable. Now you know. 2. Pipe to Out-String. Now you know. 3. Format commands generate console-host-specific markup. You would never pipe through FL to json, that's a bizarre thing to do. You're complaining that the boot doesn't fit on your head. If you want to filter properties, use select or generate new objects in foreach. 4. Fair, but not a Powershell issue