Microsoft PowerShell - Pure Syntax

Introduction to Microsoft PowerShell's Syntax

This section is dedicated to explaining PowerShell's individual syntactic elements.  I regard these topics as reference material for that time when you forget how to choose the correct type of bracket, or when a single quote does not get the job done.

Another use of this page is to investigate new parameters or switches for well known commands, for example experiment with -recurse and in: get-Childitem -recurse.

Microsoft PowerShell Syntax Topics

• Add-content
• Backtick `
• Brackets () {} and []
• Compare-Object
• Conditional Operators:  -like  -match - contains
• Format-table (ft, wt, lt)
• -f Format Operator
• Group-Object
• If Statement (also ElseIf)
• Out-File
• Parameters (or -switches) - Guy's Top Ten
• Pipeline (|)or (¦)s
• PSDrives
• Quotes 'Single' or "Double"?
• Recurse
• Replace
• Select String
• Syntax
• Variables
• Whatif & confirm

Contents of my PowerShell Syntax pages

Each topic has its own 'how to' instructions and also 'Learning points'.  As a result you will be able to modify my examples to suit your situation.  The only pre-requisite is that you must download the correct version of PowerShell and .Net Framework for your operating system.  Microsoft's site has separate versions of PowerShell for XP, Windows Server 2003 and Vista.  In the case of Windows Server 2008, PowerShell is built-in but you need to 'Add Feature'.

Other Microsoft PowerShell Topics

• PowerShell Introduction
• PowerShell on Vista
• PowerShell Dreams
• Section Dedicated to PowerShell Techniques
• Section for Real-life Tasks

• PowerShell Verbs
• PowerShell Nouns
• PowerShell Tips
• PowerShell Download

See also these PowerShell tutorials

• PowerShell Home  • Introduction  • Dreams  • 3 Key Commands  • Cmdlet scripts  • Real life tasks

Please write in if you see errors of any kind.  Please report any factual mistakes, grammatical errors or broken links, I will be happy to not only to correct the fault, but also to give you credit.

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