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#PSTip Using XPath in PowerShell, Part 1

Bartek Bielawski
2 Min To Read
24 Jun, 2014
- Tips and tricks
- Xml

This is the first tip in a series of Select-Xml/XPath tips. Working with XML documents in PowerShell is relatively easy. For most things it is enough to read XML file and convert it to XmlDocument object using XML type accelerator:

Dynamic Parameters in C# Cmdlets

Ben Ten
15 Min To Read
23 Jun, 2014
- Pscmdlet
- How to

In my last article I wrote, I covered how to create dynamic parameters in a PowerShell cmdlet. If you haven’t read that article, please read that one before continuing with this one as I reference it several times in this article.

#PSTip Be cautious with profile customizations and PowerShell Workflow

Jan Egil Ring
2 Min To Read
20 Jun, 2014
- Service management automation
- Tips and tricks

When working with Windows PowerShell Workflow, there are things to be aware of which can break workflow from working. One such thing is customizations made in the PowerShell profile.

Dynamic Parameters in PowerShell

Ben Ten
12 Min To Read
29 May, 2014
- How to

Has there ever been a time when you wanted to call a function or cmdlet with specific parameters that were based on conditional criteria that is provided?

#PSTip Test if a URL is absolute or not

Ravikanth C
1 Min To Read
29 May, 2014
- Tips and tricks

The System.Uri class in .NET provides a way to validate if a URL is an absolute URL or not. This can be quite handy when your script deals with downloading content from web pages and there is a need to validate the specified URL.

#PSTip Filtering a collection using comparison operators

Ravikanth C
1 Min To Read
28 May, 2014
- Tips and tricks

Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. Starting with PowerShell 3.0, it is possible to filter a collection for matching or non-matching values using comparison operators.

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