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How to use Powershell export-csv without a header

26 September,2019 by Rambler

Question: I'm trying to use powershell cmdlet export-csv to output a csv file - but without the header information from a sql server recordset i.e first row

I'm trying to implement this powershell code snippet. 

 

$outputfile="\\myoutputfile.csv"
$dt = new-object "System.Data.DataTable"
--add some data into the data table dt | select * -ExcludeProperty RowError, RowState, HasErrors, Name, Table, ItemArray | export-csv -path $outputfile -NoTypeInformation

 

Answer:   It is possible to get the no header on an export-csv - but it does require a few workarounds - which seem excessive for what you're attempting to achieve 

I prefer to use the powershell cmdlet ConvertTo-Csv. The ConvertTo-Csv cmdlet is piped and then the -Skip parameter is used . Easy !

You may be asking what is the difference between ConvertTo-Csv and export-csv. Typically Export refers to directly exporting out to that file , whereas ConvertTo refers converting to that format - e.g ConvertTo-csv

Taking your example , here is a reworking . 

 

$dt | select * -ExcludeProperty RowError, RowState, HasErrors, Name, Table, ItemArray |ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation | Select-Object -Skip 1 | Set-Content -path $outputfile

 

So really this post should be titled - How to use Powershell export-csv without a header by using ConvertTo-Csv 

 

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Author: Rambler (http://www.dba-ninja.com)


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