Lesson in Logic #3: The secret to getting your script block to execute at least one time is the DO loop.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/12/2008
Lesson in Logic #2: The WHILE statement keeps things rolling in your PowerShell scripts.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 11/05/2008
Lesson 1: Using an IF construct in a PowerShell script.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/29/2008
Even sans GUI, Powershell can be made to work interactively. The trick is the Read-Host cmdlet.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/22/2008
That nifty trick I showed you last time that exports data to CSV? This time, get more with an export to XML.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/15/2008
We all love the CSV format, so Powershell has a cmdlet that supports it.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/08/2008
And to use the -ErrorVariable cmdlet to keep track of them is divine.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 10/01/2008
Prof. Powershell has been giving you the answers; now, a quiz to see how much attention you've been paying.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/24/2008
PowerShell cmdlets come well-stocked with common parameters. Let's look at what you can get out of the -OutVariable parameter.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/10/2008
More grouping tricks, this time with the -groupby parameter of the Format-List and Format-Table cmdlets.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 09/03/2008
Quickly check out all your object collections with the Group-Object cmdlet.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 08/27/2008
Using place holder variables in scripts to display complex text strings, is easier than you might think.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 08/20/2008
Math class is in session with these Powershell tricks.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 08/13/2008
Powershell has its own variables, but you can also tap Windows' environment variables within your scripts
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 08/06/2008
PowerShell has several built-in variables that you might find helpful.
- By Jeffery Hicks
- 07/30/2008