Piping lets you use the result of the previous command. This can shorten your scripts since it requires less text and multiple commands can be written on a single line.

Example

Here is an example of piping that shows a Get-List command for list "Documents" in a site collection:

# Connect to the SharePoint site and retrieve the "Documents" list
$srcList = Connect-Site -Url "http://farm/sites/sitecollection" | Get-List -Name "Documents"

# List properties of the retrieved "Documents" list
Id                  : ab6a768d-3478-4302-8258-53f2c2637c12
Title               : Documents
BaseType            : Document Library
Source              : /sites/sitecollection/
ContentApproval     : False
RootFolder          : /sites/sitecollection/Documents/
EnableAttachments   : False
EnableVersioning    : True
EnableMinorVersions : True
ForceCheckout       : False
Site                : http://farm/sites/sitecollection/