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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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: Adding a Default Exit to a PowerShell Switch

August 16, 2012 Aug 16, 2012 08/16/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to add a default exit condition to a Windows PowerShell switch statement to control execution of commands. (image) I have the following switch statement, and I want to prevent the line Write-Host “switched” from executing? How can I do this? $a = 3 switch ($a) { 1 { "one detected" } &...

Use PowerShell to Query AD DS and Not Use LDAP Dialect

August 16, 2012 Aug 16, 2012 08/16/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use the Filter parameter and the Windows PowerShell Expression Language on the Active Directory module cmdlets. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I do not know why you like ADSI so much. The syntax is obscure, and it makes things hard to read. Yesterday’s blog that used Get-ADComputer could have been so much better ...

PowerTip: The Finer Points of Finessing an Array

August 15, 2012 Aug 15, 2012 08/15/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to replace items in an array and how to sort an array. (image) I need to replace the “2” with “12” in the $array variable shown here: $array = "1","2","3","4" How can I do this? (image) (image) I have an array defined in the $array variable shown here. $array = 2,5,9,12...

Use PowerShell to Query AD DS for Servers and then Find Hotfixes

August 15, 2012 Aug 15, 2012 08/15/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about querying the AD DS module via PowerShell and using the results to find hotfixes. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 that is acting as one of our domain controllers. I do not have access to install the Remote Server ...

PowerTip: Formatting Numeric Output Using PowerShell

August 14, 2012 Aug 14, 2012 08/14/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to format numeric output in Windows PowerShell by using format specifiers and numeric constants. (image) How can I print the amount of free space on a fixed disk in MB with two decimal places? (image) Use a format specifier as shown here: "{0:n2}"-f ((gwmi win32_logicaldisk -Filter "drivetype='3'").freespace...

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