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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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: Use PowerShell to Assess Memory Requirements

September 25, 2014 Sep 25, 2014 09/25/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to assess memory requirements. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to figure out the minimum, maximum, and average working set requirements for processes on my workstation? (image) Use the Get-Process cmdlet to return the working set information...

Analyzing PowerShell Script Files

September 25, 2014 Sep 25, 2014 09/25/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to analyze Windows PowerShell script files. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I am sitting around sipping a cup of English Breakfast tea. I added some peppermint, spearmint, lemon grass, licorice root, and a cinnamon stick to the pot. The result is a very refreshing cup of tea. I am sitting on the ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell and Graphical Tool to View Files

September 24, 2014 Sep 24, 2014 09/24/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell and a graphical tool to view large files. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily see what files in a folder are the largest so I can clean up my file system? (image) Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to return the contents of a folder, select the name and length of the files, ...

Use Select-String Cmdlet in PowerShell to View Contents of Log File

September 24, 2014 Sep 24, 2014 09/24/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the Windows PowerShell cmdlet, Select-String, to view the contents of a log file. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a log file that I created by dumping process information from Get-Process. It is quite long, and I am trying to use Select-String to find the number of instances of a certain process. The problem is that when ...

PowerTip: Read First Line of File with PowerShell

September 23, 2014 Sep 23, 2014 09/23/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to read only the first line of a file by using Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to read only the first line of a file? (image) Introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0, you can use the -First parameter, for example: Get-Content C:\fso\batteryReport.txt -First 1 (image...

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