PowerShell to get the details of Content Sources in the SharePoint Search Service Application

This example retrieves the default content source for the search service application.

$ssa = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication

Get-SPEnterpriseSearchCrawlContentSource -SearchApplication $ssa

Name                           Id    Type                CrawlState CrawlCompleted     

----                               --      ----                   ---------- --------------     

Local SharePoint sites     1     SharePoint           Idle                          

Content Source 1           17    SharePoint           Idle       2/2/2016 2:58:46 PM

Content Source 2            6     SharePoint           Idle       2/2/2016 1:57:00 PM

Content Source 3            12   SharePoint           Idle       2/2/2016 11:57:40 AM

Content Source 4            14   SharePoint           Idle       2/2/2016 11:58:14 AM

Content Source 5            15   SharePoint           Idle       2/2/2016 3:27:58 PM