#PSTip Create a file of the specified size
Shay Levy- 1 Min To Read
- 22 Nov, 2012
Sometimes you need to create a file of the specified size, as a placeholder for instance. There are many utilities that do that (e.
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#PSTip ForEach-Object Gotcha!
Ravikanth C- 2 Min To Read
- 21 Nov, 2012
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. Let’s say you want to rename a bunch of files in a folder and imagine that you used the following code:
Read More#PSTip PowerShell and the pre-configured user agent strings
Aleksandar Nikolic- 1 Min To Read
- 20 Nov, 2012
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 3.0 or above. The Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod cmdlets have the -UserAgent parameter, so you can specify a user agent string for the web request.
Read More#PSTip Capture console screen
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Shay Levy
- 1 Min To Read
- 19 Nov, 2012
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. PowerShell has many logging capabilities but sometimes what you want is to capture what’s already written to the console.
Read More#PSTip Identifying the name of the PowerShell host
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Ravikanth C
- 1 Min To Read
- 16 Nov, 2012
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. $host automatic variable contains the details of the PowerShell host. For example, information such as the name of the host, UI culture information, etc.
Read More#PSTip Find PowerShell host process name
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Ravikanth C
- 1 Min To Read
- 15 Nov, 2012
Note: This tip requires PowerShell 2.0 or above. Every PowerShell host implements the $pid automatic variable which refers to the process ID of the PowerShell host process.
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