Showing results for February 2013 - Page 3 of 11 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Learn how to send output to both the Windows PowerShell console and to a variable.  How can I easily send Windows PowerShell output to both the console and to a variable?  Use the Tee-Object cmdlet and specify a variable name, as shown here. PS C:\> gps | select name -Last 1 | Tee-Object -Variable a Name ---- Ze...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to create sample textual log output by using Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, it is the weekend. It seems like it has been a rather long week, but I guess in reality it was no longer than any other week. I did get a cool book that finally showed up by the p...

Summary: Learn how to find out about dynamic parameters for certain Windows PowerShell providers.  How can I easily find out about parameters that are added to cmdlets when they are used with a specific Windows PowerShell provider?  Use the Get-Help cmdlet and look for the Help topic related to the provider. Near the bottom...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find installed video codecs on Windows 8.  Hey, Scripting Guy! Dude, I am in trouble. Big time! Last week, I installed Windows 8 on the laptops used by all our department heads and front-line supervisors. I thought the responsiveness and the apps wou...

Summary: Learn how to count the number of commands exposed by imported Windows PowerShell modules.  I want to know how many commands are available through the modules I have imported into my current Windows PowerShell session. How can I do this?  Use the Get-Module cmdlet and pipe the results to the Foreach-Object ...