# Selecting objects by material - command line report

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/selecting-objects-by-material-command-line-report/9632>\
**Category:** Rhino for Windows\
**Created:** [June 29, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/selecting-objects-by-material-command-line-report/9632 "2014-06-29T07:53:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Helvetosaur](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/helvetosaur/32/635974_2.png) [@Helvetosaur](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/Helvetosaur)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/selecting-objects-by-material-command-line-report/9632/1 "2014-06-29T07:53:32Z")

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When I am in the materials library panel for a file and I right click on the material and choose “Select object(s)”, it would be nice to have the number of objects selected show up in the command line. Right now, nothing is reported so I have to hit Invert twice to get the number of objects selected if I need.

Thanks, --Mitch