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Summary: Learn how to add a default exit condition to a Windows PowerShell switch statement to control execution of commands. 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" } 2 { "two de...
Summary: Learn how to use the Filter parameter and the Windows PowerShell Expression Language on the Active Directory module cmdlets. 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 if you had le...
Summary: Learn how to replace items in an array and how to sort an array. I need to replace the “2” with “12” in the $array variable shown here: $array = "1","2","3","4" How can I do this? I have an array defined in the $array variable shown here. $array = 2,5,9,12,3,5 What is the easiest way ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about querying the AD DS module via PowerShell and using the results to find hotfixes. 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 Administration Tools (R...
Summary: Learn how to format numeric output in Windows PowerShell by using format specifiers and numeric constants. How can I print the amount of free space on a fixed disk in MB with two decimal places? Use a format specifier as shown here: "{0:n2}"-f ((gwmi win32_logicaldisk -Filter "drivetype='3'").freespace/1MB) What if I...