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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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 Value of Pi to Three Decimal Places

March 13, 2013 Mar 13, 2013 03/13/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display the value of Pi to three decimal places. (image) How can I display the value of Pi to three decimal places by using conditional formatting to avoid rounding numbers up or down? (image) Use the Fixed-Point (“F”) Format Specifier, and specify the number of desired decimal ...

Use PowerShell and Conditional Formatting to Format Numbers

March 13, 2013 Mar 13, 2013 03/13/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell and conditional formatting to format numbers. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! One of the big problems I have when it comes to using Windows PowerShell is figuring out how to properly format numbers. I mean, I can easily use [int] to get rid of hundreds of ...

PowerTip: Create a Sortable Date with PowerShell

March 12, 2013 Mar 12, 2013 03/12/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to easily create a sortable date. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to create an ISO 8601 standard sortable date time-stamp for my logging solution? (image) Use the Sortable Format Specifier in the ToString method from Get-Date: PS C:\> (Get-Date).ToString("s") 2013...

Use PowerShell to Format Strings with Composite Formatting

March 12, 2013 Mar 12, 2013 03/12/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to specify composite formatting to format strings. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Often I need to create an output string that is the result of multiple computations. In the past, I have used multiple lines to create this sort of outputs, but now I would like ...

PowerTip: Display the Date in Month, Day, Year Format

March 11, 2013 Mar 11, 2013 03/11/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to display the date in a month, day, and two-digit year format. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to display the date in a month, day, and two-digit number format with a hyphen between each of the elements? (image) Use the ToString method from the Get-Date ...

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