PS> $a=get-date
PS> Get-Variable a

Name              Value
----              -----
a               2011/12/8 17:52:02

PS> Get-Variable a | fl *

Name    : a
Description :
Value    : 2011/12/8 17:52:02
Visibility : Public
Module   :
ModuleName :
Options   : None
Attributes : {}

PS> $str="我是一个变量"
PS> $var=Get-Variable str
PS> $var

Name              Value
----              -----
str              我是一个变量

PS> $var | fl *

Name    : str
Description :
Value    : 我是一个变量
Visibility : Public
Module   :
ModuleName :
Options   : None
Attributes : {}

PS> $var.Description="我知道你是一个变量"
PS> $var | fl *
Name    : str
Description : 我知道你是一个变量
Value    : 我是一个变量
Visibility : Public
Module   :
ModuleName :
Options   : None
Attributes : {}如果你不想多加一个临时变量$var来存储PSVariable,可以使用Powershell子表达式

PS> (Get-Variable str).Description="变量的描述已更改;"
PS> Get-Variable str | Format-Table Name,Description

Name                            Description
----                            -----------
str                             变量的描述已更改;

PS> $var="mossfly"
PS> Set-Variable var -Option "ReadOnly"
PS> (Get-Variable var).Options
ReadOnly
PS> Set-Variable var -Option "None" -Force
PS> (Get-Variable var).Options
None

PS> $var=123
PS> (Get-Variable var).Attributes
PS> $var.GetType().FullName
System.Int32
PS> $var="字符串"
PS> (Get-Variable var).Attributes
PS> $var.GetType().FullName
System.String
PS> [int]$var=123
PS> (Get-Variable var).Attributes

TypeId
------
System.Management.Automation.ArgumentTypeConverterAttribute

PS> $var.GetType().FullName
System.Int32
PS> $var="2012"
PS> $var
2012
PS> $var.GetType().FullName
System.Int32
PS> $var="2012世界末日"
Cannot convert value "2012世界末日" to type "System.Int32". Error: "Input string was not in a correct format."
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+ $var <<<< ="2012世界末日"   + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ArgumentTransformationMetadataException   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException PS> (Get-Variable var).Attributes.Clear()
PS> (Get-Variable var).Attributes
PS> $var="2012世界末日"
PS> $var.GetType().FullName
System.String

PS> $var="限制变量"
PS> $condition= New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateLengthAttribute -ArgumentList 2,5
PS> (Get-Variable var).Attributes.Add($condition)
PS> $var="限制"
PS> $var="射雕英雄传"
PS> $var="看射雕英雄传"
The variable cannot be validated because the value 看射雕英雄传 is not a valid value for the var variable.
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+ $var <<<< ="看射雕英雄传"
  + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ValidationMetadataException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValidateSetFailure

PS> $a=123
PS> $con=New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateNotNullAttribute
PS> (Get-Variable a).Attributes.Add($con)
PS> $a=8964
PS> $a=$null

+ $a <<<< =$null
  + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ValidationMetadataException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValidateSetFailure
ValidateNotNullOrEmptyAttribute 

PS> $con=New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateNotNullOrEmptyAttribute
PS> (Get-Variable a).Attributes.clear()
PS> (Get-Variable a).Attributes.add($con)
PS> $a=$null
The variable cannot be validated because the value is not a valid value for the a variable.
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+ $a <<<< =$null   + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ValidationMetadataException   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValidateSetFailure PS> $a=""
The variable cannot be validated because the value is not a valid value for the a variable.
At line:1 char:3
+ $a <<<< =""   + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ValidationMetadataException   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValidateSetFailure PS> $a=@()
The variable cannot be validated because the value System.Object[] is not a valid value for the a variable.
At line:1 char:3
+ $a <<<< =@()
  + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ValidationMetadataException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValidateSetFailureValidatePatternAttribute 例子，验证Email格式

PS> $email="test@mossfly.com"
PS> $con=New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidatePatternAttribute "b[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+.[A-Z]{2,4}b"
PS> (Get-Variable email).Attributes.Add($con)
PS> $email="abc@abc.com"
PS> $email="abc@mossfly.com"
PS> $email="author@gmail.com"
PS> $email="www@mossfly"
The variable cannot be validated because the value www@mossfly is not a valid value for the email variable.
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+ $email <<<< ="www@mossfly"
  + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ValidationMetadataException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValidateSetFailureValidateRangeAttribute 例子，验证月份1-12

PS> $month=1
PS> (Get-Variable month).Attributes.Add( $( New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateRangeAttribute -ArgumentList 1,12) )
PS> $month=10
PS> $month=12
PS> $month=18
The variable cannot be validated because the value 18 is not a valid value for the month variable.
At line:1 char:7
+ $month <<<< =18   + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ValidationMetadataException   + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValidateSetFailure ValidateSetAttribute 例子，验证性别 PS> $sex="男"
PS> $con=New-Object System.Management.Automation.ValidateSetAttribute -ArgumentList "男","女","保密"
PS> (Get-Variable sex).Attributes.Add($con)
PS> $sex="女"
PS> $sex="不男不女"
The variable cannot be validated because the value 不男不女 is not a valid value for the sex variable.
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+ $sex <<<< ="不男不女"
  + CategoryInfo     : MetadataError: (:) [], ValidationMetadataException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ValidateSetFailure