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    Editing your Profile file
    Editing your Profile file
    PowerShell TeamPowerShell TeamDecember 28, 2006Dec 28, 200612/28/06
    $hay has a new scripting blog at http://scriptolog.blogspot.com/ .  His first blog entry Restart your engine - The PowerShell Way, talks about how he frequently edits his PowerShell profile file and then restarts his session.  In his directions he says: 2: type: Notepad $profile to open your profile file I looked at this and...

    Comments are closed.0ENVIRONMENTPHILOSOPHY
    Windows PowerShell in Action
    Windows PowerShell in Action
    PowerShell TeamPowerShell TeamOctober 11, 2006Oct 11, 200610/11/06
    Well folks, at long last, my book is almost done :-) Before it goes out for print, you can get electronic copies through Manning's early access program: http://www.manning.com/payette/  The early access program is a chance for readers to provide feedback on a book so the author can fix things.  As Jeffrey says - enjoy! -bruce...

    Comments are closed.0DOCUMENTATIONENVIRONMENT
    Setting  the console title to be your current working directory
    Setting the console title to be your current working directory
    PowerShell TeamPowerShell TeamJuly 21, 2006Jul 21, 200607/21/06
    jmanning wrote: Also, given how common the request is, I'd ask Jeffrey to (pretty-please) also include in this post a prompt function that sets the title to include pwd. Ask and yea shall receive: function Prompt{  $host.ui.RawUI.WindowTitle = $(get-location)  "PS> "} If you want to see a bunch of great prompt examples, check ...

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    PSMDTAG:FAQ: What is $OFS
    PSMDTAG:FAQ: What is $OFS
    PowerShell TeamPowerShell TeamJuly 15, 2006Jul 15, 200607/15/06
    In my blog entry regarding Cascading Type Casts ( http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/07/15/Cascading_Type_Casts.aspx ) there was an example: PS> [string][char[]][int[]][char[]]"PowerShell" P o w e r S h e l l And in a comment was a question asking why there were spaces between the letters.  The answer is $OFS   ...

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    Perserving Command History Across Sessions
    Perserving Command History Across Sessions
    PowerShell TeamPowerShell TeamJuly 1, 2006Jul 1, 200607/1/06
    <Edited 7/2/2006 to add tags and Categories> Ben Winzenz didn't like the fact that Windows PowerShell did not maintain history lists between sessions (http://winzenz.blogspot.com/2006/06/cool-mshpowershell-tidbit.html) .   We hear you Ben.  Back to my least favorite phrase, "to ship is to choose".  That said, we ...

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    Cleaning up obsolete Windows PowerShell Aliases
    Cleaning up obsolete Windows PowerShell Aliases
    PowerShell TeamPowerShell TeamJune 23, 2006Jun 23, 200606/23/06
    Over the course of time, I've written a number of functions & cmdlets and then created aliases for those.  Many of those where Ad Hoc and I've since thrown them away but I still have the aliases sticking around.  Here is a quick and easy way to determine the validity of your aliases gal |%{if (!(gcm $_.Definition -ea ...

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