thank you for everyone's input, i learned alot. From Snak3D0c's input Added a shorter form for a one-liner syntax: $link=gc "$env:localappdata\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Bookmarks" | out-string | ConvertFrom-Json;$data.roots.bookmark_bar.children| ?{($.url -like 'http*')}| Select name,@{l="Link";e={"$($.url)"}},@{l="last accessed";e={"$([datetime]::FromFileTime(([double]$_.Date_Added)*10))"}}| epcsv .\listin_url.csv -Deli "," -NoT