#PSTip Getting the content of an object
Shay Levy- 1 Min To Read
- 30 Aug, 2012
Getting the content of an object is usually done with the Get-Content cmdlet. For example, getting the content of the Windows hosts file:
Read MoreShowing items from Tips and Tricks
#PSTip Adding extended types – the PowerShell 3.0 way!
Ravikanth C- 1 Min To Read
- 29 Aug, 2012
PowerShell 3.0 introduced important changes to the Update-TypeData cmdlet which includes specifying the dynamic type data. Using these new features of Update-TypeData cmdlet, we can add extended types without using the types.
Read More#PSTip Starting and Stopping services on remote computers
-
Shay Levy
- 1 Min To Read
- 28 Aug, 2012
Consider the following PowerShell 2.0 command: Get-Service -Name wuauserv -ComputerName Server1 | Stop-Service What do you think is happening here? You get the Windows Update service from Server1 and stop it, right?
Read MoreBartek Bielawski’s Favorite PowerShell Tips and Tricks
Bartek Bielawski- 7 Min To Read
- 28 Aug, 2012
I’m kind of guy who loves tiny little tricks. Tricks in PowerShell are almost like Easter eggs in the games of old times, very rewarding when you find them – but in PowerShell besides pure joy of being able to find something cool, you can move it to …
Read More#PSTip How to get only files – the PowerShell 3.0 way!
-
Ravikanth C
- 1 Min To Read
- 27 Aug, 2012
The traditional or PowerShell 2.0 way of retrieving only files is: Get-ChildItem $env:windir | Where-Object { ! $_.PSIsContainer } The new parameter -File of the Get-ChildItem cmdlet simplifies the filtering:
Read More#PSTip A hidden gem of the Test-Connection cmdlet
-
Shay Levy
- 1 Min To Read
- 26 Aug, 2012
PowerShell equivalent of the ping.exe utility is the Test-Connection cmdlet. One of the hidden and less known capabilities of Test-Connection is the abitlity to ping a computer using another computer as the source.
Read More