`Select-String` should have a `-AsPSObject` switch returning named groups as properties of an object

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

Currently, if you run something like:

PS /Users/steve/repos/PowerShell> ls -l *.md | select-string "(?<mode>.*?)\s+(?<hardlinks>[0-9]+)\s+(?<owner>\w+)\s+(?<group>\w+)\s+(?<size>[0-9]+)\s+(?<date>\w+\s[0-9]+\s[0-9:]+)\s+(?<filename>.+)"

-rw-r--r--  1 steve  staff   5122 Oct 24 08:37 ADOPTERS.md
-rw-r--r--  1 steve  staff  20383 Oct 27 09:33 README.md

select-string just highlights the matches (imagine the text above highlighted). However, it would be useful to have a -AsPSObject switch so that if there are named groups, those becomes properties of an object instance:

PS /Users/steve/repos/PowerShell> ls -l *.md | select-string "(?<mode>.*?)\s+(?<hardlinks>[0-9]+)\s+(?<owner>\w+)\s+(?<group>\w+)\s+(?<size>[0-9]+)\s+(?<date>\w+\s[0-9]+\s[0-9:]+)\s+(?<filename>.+)"

mode       hardlinks owner group size  date         filename
----       --------- ----- ----- ----  ----         --------
-rw-r--r-- 1         steve staff 20383 Oct 27 09:33 README.md
-rw-r--r-- 1         steve staff 20383 Oct 27 09:33 ADOPTERS.md

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

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[jhoneill]

I like this idea. Someone is bound to ask “does this belong in select-string ?” and I think the answer is “yes, it does” 😃

[ImportTaste]

Didn’t realize how many parameter sets this cmdlet has. That’ll be the hardest part of adding this feature…

In time we did last change in the cmdlet a conclusion was it better to have new cmdlet or cmdlets because of complicity of the cmdlet 😃

New-RegexSelection perhaps? Pretty much every New-* command outputs a PSObject, and the command could have more similarities to the C# Regex method beyond just the pattern, like having parameters for the various RegexOptions. You could even pair it with a New-RegexPattern command for compiled regex patterns, e.g.:

$Lines_With_A_2to4_Digit_Number = New-RegexPattern '^(.*?\b\d{2,4}\b.*?)$' -Multiline
$str1_Selection = New-RegexSelection -String $str1 -Selector $Lines_With_A_2to4_Digit_Number
$str2_Selection = New-RegexSelection -String $str2 -Selector $Lines_With_A_2to4_Digit_Number

# Equivalent but slower because a compiled selector isn't used:
$str1_Selection = New-RegexSelection -String $str1 -Pattern '^(.*?\b\d{2,4}\b.*?)$' -Multiline
$str2_Selection = New-RegexSelection -String $str2 -Pattern '^(.*?\b\d{2,4}\b.*?)$' -Multiline