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Ever wanted to cancel a pipeline and all cmdlets in it once you got what you wanted - and not wait until the initial cmdlet finishes? Then have a look at this: http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tobias/archive/2010/01/13/cancelling-a-pipeline.aspx It tells you how to cancel a pipeline and explains a lot...
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Once a PowerShell pipeline runs, it runs. There is no way of cancelling it. This is bad news. Or is there a way? Runaway Pipeline Just imagine you are retrieving tons of data to find a piece of information. Once you found it, you do not need to retrieve the rest. Since you cannot cancel the pipeline...