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October 2008 - Page 2 of 2 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Read a CSV File?

October 13, 2008 Oct 13, 2008 10/13/08
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am new to scripting, but I have been tasked with creating a script anyway. What I need to do is to read in a CSV file and then perform an operation on each line in the file. I do not know what the correct cmdlet is or what action I need to use. Can you point me in the right direction?- DF(image) (image) Hi DF...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Australian Dispatch #3: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

October 7, 2008 Oct 7, 2008 10/7/08
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Cold. My nose is cold. My left eye opens slowly to investigate. Everything is dark. Cold and dark. "So why am I awake," I wonder seemingly to myself. No answers are forthcoming. So my right eye slowly opens to bring a modicum of assistance to the ongoing investigation. Still no answers present themselves. Where am I? What country am I in? "...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Reuse Functions?

October 2, 2008 Oct 2, 2008 10/2/08
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 (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a bunch of functions I wrote in PowerShell that I would like to use in other scripts. I am getting tired of cutting and pasting these things into various scripts over and over again. Surely there has got to be an easier way to do this! Have any ideas?- JB(image) (image) Hi JB, Of course, I have an ...