Showing results for March 2011 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to automatically create files with the date stored in them. The room seems quiet now. I take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and begin to relax. My name is Ed Wilson. I am the Microsoft Scripting Guy. I have just completed the second in a series of five Live Meetings during what I c...

Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to use the Windows PowerShell switch command and regular expressions to parse text files. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Script Week Live Meetings have been great fun, and the feedback has been incredible. The registration for the 2011 Scripting Games is going well, and it is hard to believe ...

Summary: The Scripting Wife dives into the mysteries of using regular expressions to read and search a group of files in PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I had a great trip to Seattle, Washington to teach a Windows PowerShell class to a group of Microsoft network engineers. They had some particular requirements for scriptin...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson will present five Live Meetings for Microsoft Tech·Ed 2011 during the Road To Tech·Ed Script Week. It is official. I will conduct five Live Meetings beginning Monday, March 28, 2011. In these hour-long meetings, I will start at the very beginning and cover the use of Windows PowerShell from a...

Summary: Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to easily search a collection of files for phone numbers. Spring has nearly sprung in Charlotte, North Carolina. The weather seems to alternate between absolutely perfect to a little cool with rain. Today, at least so far this morning, it is quite pleasant. I am sitting on the back porch ...