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August 31, 2013Aug 31, 201308/31/13Summary: Quickly search files for text with Windows PowerShell.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to quickly search text files for a string?
Use the Select-String cmdlet and supply a path and a pattern. In the following example,
August 31, 2013Aug 31, 201308/31/13Summary: Windows networking engineer, James Kehr, discusses using Windows Azure cmdlets to create endpoint ACLs.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This weekend we have a two-part series from guest blogger, James Kehr. It is really cool. Take it away,
August 30, 2013Aug 30, 201308/30/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to capture console application data.
How can I parse the output from a console application by using Windows PowerShell?
Run the application as normal, but assign it to a Windows PowerShell object—for example,
August 30, 2013Aug 30, 201308/30/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to build scripts to automate DiskPart.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Can we build a DISKPART script to automatically format USB drives as bootable?
—SH
Hello SH,
Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here. I’m filling in for our good friend,
August 29, 2013Aug 29, 201308/29/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to list physical drives.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to get a list of physical drives?
Use Get-WMIObject, query win32_logicaldisk, and filter with the DriveType property:
GET-WMIOBJECT –query “SELECT * from win32_logicaldisk where DriveType = ‘3’”
August 29, 2013Aug 29, 201308/29/13I wanted to make you aware of some changes we’re making to the Scripting node in the Microsoft TechNet Library.
Summary
The Scripting node in the TechNet Library has been renamed Scripting with Windows PowerShell, and will contain Windows PowerShell language documentation and cmdlet help for multiple Microsoft products.
August 29, 2013Aug 29, 201308/29/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to build scripts to automate DiskPart.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Can we use Windows PowerShell to return information from DiskPart as an object?
—SH
Hello SH,
Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here. I’m filling in for our good friend,
August 28, 2013Aug 28, 201308/28/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to get a list of all volume drive letters and free space available.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to list all the drive letters and free space available?
Use Get-WMIObject and query win32_logicaldisk to show all drive letters including
August 28, 2013Aug 28, 201308/28/13Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, continues his series about using Windows PowerShell to build scripts to automate DiskPart.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I saw yesterday how you could pull information from DISKPART with Windows PowerShell. I noticed the size of the disks was shown in GB or MB.
August 27, 2013Aug 27, 201308/27/13Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to show attached USB drives.
Is there an easy way with Windows PowerShell to show all drives that are connected via USB?
Use Get-WMIObject and query win32_diskdrive:
GET-WMIOBJECT win32_diskdrive | Where { $_.InterfaceType –eq ‘USB’ }
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