{"id":10971,"date":"2006-04-25T12:17:42","date_gmt":"2006-04-25T12:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2006\/04\/25\/support-for-existing-apps-in-monad\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:25:08","slug":"support-for-existing-apps-in-monad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/support-for-existing-apps-in-monad\/","title":{"rendered":"Support for Existing apps in Monad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monad provides strong support for existing apps and technology.  If you use native cmdline exes, vbscripts, batch files, perl scripts etc to manage and maintain windows, you can pretty much use them the same way from monad as you would from cmd.exe.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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For example, I am used to findstr.exe and xcopy.exe. I can use them from monad as is.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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MSH C:\\> findstr Monad monad.txt<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

“Monad Rocks”<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

MSH C:\\><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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MSH C:\\> xcopy monad.txt monad2.txt<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Does monad2.txt specify a file name<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

or directory name on the target<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

(F = file, D = directory)? f<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

C:monad.txt<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

1 File(s) copied<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

MSH C:\\><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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You can also use get-command cmdlet to discover them if they are in your PATH.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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MSH C:\\> get-command findstr<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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CommandType     Name                            Definition<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

———–     —-                            ———-<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Application     findstr.exe                     C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\findstr.exe<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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MSH C:\\> <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s look at a vbscript example.  Script Center website<\/a> has a good collection of useful vbscripts. Today we will play with this one<\/a>. The script uses WMI to query the machine for computer system and processor information.  You can run it in Monad as follows<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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MSH C:\\> cscript processor.vbs<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Computer Name: ABHISHEK1<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

System Type: X86-based PC<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Number Of Processors: 2<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Manufacturer: GenuineIntel<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Name:               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Description: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Processor ID: BFEBFBFF00000F29<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Address Width: 32<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Data Width: 32<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Family: 2<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Maximum Clock Speed: 2992<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Manufacturer: GenuineIntel<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Name:               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Description: x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Processor ID: BFEBFBFF00000F29<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Address Width: 32<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Data Width: 32<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Family: 2<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Maximum Clock Speed: 2992<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

MSH C:\\><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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If you look at the vbscript example above, it is using WMI to query for some system properties. WMI is a useful existing management technology and Monad provides strong support for it.  The primary interface to WMI in Monad is the get-wmiobject<\/span><\/b> cmdlet. Let\u2019s use it to get the same information we got from the vbscript.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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First we query for an instance of the win32_ComputerSystem class<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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MSH C:\\> get-wmiobject win32_computersystem | format-list SystemType,Name,NumberOfProcessors<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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SystemType         : X86-based PC<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Name               : ABHISHEK1<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

NumberOfProcessors : 2<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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MSH C:\\><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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How did the get-wmiobject cmdlet discover the namespace?  The default namespace used by the cmdlet is root\\cimv2. But you can supply the namespace via the \u2013Namespace parameter.  The cmdlet also supports accessing information via WMI from remote machines and can also be used to browse the namespace for class information. But more on this cmdlet later; let\u2019s complete the task at hand.  We need to query WMI for instances of win32_processor class.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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MSH C:\\> $processor = get-wmiobject win32_processor<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

MSH C:\\> $processor | format-list Name,ProcessorID,MaxClockSpeed,AddressWidth,Description<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Name          :               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

ProcessorID   : BFEBFBFF00000F29<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

MaxClockSpeed : 2992<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

AddressWidth  : 32<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Description   : x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Name          :               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

ProcessorID   : BFEBFBFF00000F29<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

MaxClockSpeed : 2992<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

AddressWidth  : 32<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Description   : x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Using get-wmiobject and about 3 lines of monad script we have ported the above vbscript to monad! Monad will also provide support for COM interop. You will be able to use Monad scripts for COM automation.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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That\u2019s all I have time for today. Hope you find it useful!<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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-Abhishek<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

[Edit: Monad has now been renamed to Windows PowerShell. This script or discussion may require slight adjustments before it applies directly to newer builds.<\/i>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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