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Powershell dot notation vs select-object

Can someone explain to me what is the difference between dot notation and select object in Powershell? How do these two property accessors differ from each other?

I noticed that launching (ls).name

gives basically the same results as ls | select-object name

, however launching ls | select-object name | export-csv foo.csv

gives me the correct csv file when I try (ls).name | export-csv foo.csv

it gives me a file length. In both cases, gettype () returns Object []

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The cmdlet select-object

wraps the result in a new object. To see the differences (look at the type) use the cmdlet get-member

.

(ls).Name | get-member


and

ls | select-object Name | get-member
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