Windows PowerShell Write-Progress The purpose of this cmdlet is to provide a green bar, which confirms that a time-consuming script is indeed running. The secret of getting Write-Progress to work is positioning the cmdlet in the loop correctly. Windows PowerShell Write-Progress Topics Understanding the Elements of a Write-Progress Script Example …
PowerShell's Get, Then Remove Technique My main task for Remove-PSDrive is when testing scripts. If I want to run code for a second time, it often makes sense to undo the previous instruction. I also want to emphasise the simple, but useful Get-xyz, then Remove-xyz technique. Topics for Windows PowerShell …
Introduction to PowerShell’s Syntax The fact that you almost don’t need this page is a testament to the intuitive nature of PowerShell. Yet for those who wish to save time fumbling with the PowerShell syntax, it may pay to have a refresher of these rules of scripting grammar. Windows PowerShell …
PowerShell’s Start-Sleep Cmdlet Most scripting languages have the ability to pause, in the case of PowerShell look for a built-in cmdlet called Start-Sleep. However, I ask myself, ‘Do I really need to pause a script?’ The answer often comes back, ‘Windows services have built-in controls to wait, thus I rarely …
Change a Computer’s Description in the Registry Using PowerShell I want to explain how to use PowerShell’s registry cmdlets to change a computer’s description field. I will also show you how to view a list of computer descriptions on the network. Computer Description in Control Panel Task 1: To Change …
PowerShell 3.0 New Redirection Commands From the beginning PowerShell has had the ability to redirect output with | (pipeline), Out-File and the old (>). Now in PowerShell 3.0 we have the ability to tweak (>) so that we can save warnings and debug information to a text file. Windows PowerShell …
PowerShell 3.0’s Best Network Cmdlet Get-NetIPConfiguration reminds me of IPConfig, and it shows the basic TCP/IP information much more easily than using PowerShell Gwmi classes. Tutorial for PowerShell’s Get-NetIPConfiguration Basic Get-NetIPConfiguration Command More Information with Get-NetIPConfiguration Tuning the Output of Get-NetIPConfiguration Get-NetIPConfiguration – Alias GIP Creating a Function Get-IPConfig ♣ …
Introduction to PowerShell Scripting – Active Directory Answer for: Example 4: Adding a Foreach Loop Pre-requisites Experiment with the foreach loop in isolation so that you understand its mechanism. Research more LDAP properties. For example the relationship between, GivenName (First name) and SN (Surname) and CN (Full name) . # …
PowerShell Script Files: Set-Content Cmdlet I don’t use Set-Content very often; this is because for routine tasks that need to save content to a file I prefer to use Out-File. The one job that I have for the Set-Content cmdlet is editing a file with -Replace. What makes me wary …
PowerShell GCI -Filter Parameter Filter is the most useful parameter to refine the output of PowerShell cmdlets such as Get-ChildItem (gci). I much prefer -Filter to -Include or -Exclude. Topics for Get-ChildItem -Filter Example 1: List Only .dll Files with GCI -Filter Example 2: Compare -Filter with -Include PowerShell Commands …