The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Display the Character for an ASCII Value

August 31, 2012 Aug 31, 2012 08/31/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn a simple trick to display the character associated with an ASCII value. (image) I would like to display the ascii character associated with the ascii value 56. How can I do this? (image) [char]56 (image...

Understanding and Using Updatable PowerShell Help

August 31, 2012 Aug 31, 2012 08/31/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use the updatable Help feature in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Our guest blogger today is June Blender. (image) June Blender is a senior programming writer on the Windows PowerShell team at Microsoft, an avid Windows PowerShell user, and a passionate user advocate. She writes the Help ...

PowerTip: Display and Write Output

August 30, 2012 Aug 30, 2012 08/30/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn to display output and write it to a text file. (image) I need to display process output at the Windows PowerShell prompt and write that same output to a text file. How can I do this? (image) Get-process | Tee-Object -FilePath c:\fso\proc.txt (image...

Finding Your Way with PowerShell Cmdlets

August 30, 2012 Aug 30, 2012 08/30/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Jason Walker, discusses finding the right Windows PowerShell cmdlet for the job. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the preview for Jason Walker’s presentation for PowerShell Saturday #002 coming to Charlotte, NC on September 15, 2012. (image) Jason is a Microsoft premier field engineer and ...

PowerTip: Accessing System Values

August 29, 2012 Aug 29, 2012 08/29/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to ease access to system values. (image) How can l print out the value of %systemroot%? (image) a. (get-item Env:\systemroot).value b. $env:systemroot (image...

Scripting Blog [archived]

August 2012 - Scripting Blog [archived]