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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about calling XMLDocument methods in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is Friday the 13th. Cool. Luckily, I do not have to go anywhere tonight around midnight, by the light of a full moon. But I am going to use Windows PowerShell methods to slice and dice some ...

Summary: Find other ways to use the Windows PowerShell Split method. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find if there are other ways to use the Split method from a String object? Use the PSMethod object that returns from the method when not calling it with parenthesis,         &...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about calling XML document properties from within Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Craig Liebendorfer is back. No, he is not working on the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog, but he is working on the Script Center as a whole. My old collaborator brings a lot to the table whe...

Summary: Easily split a string on multiple characters with Windows PowerShell.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to split a string that contains multiple separator characters (for example, a comma and a semicolon)?  Specify a string with the characters in it to the Split method: PS C:\> $string = "This,is;a;string" ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to explore the structure of an XML document. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I don’t know about you, but when I decide to script, I often do a cost/benefit analysis. I am not talking about anything extensive or anything that is even formalized. But I do ...