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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to read a text file in raw mode. How can I use Windows PowerShell to read a text file as a single line of text, not as an array of strings created by end-of-line returns? Use the –Raw parameter with Get-Content. This forces Windows PowerShell t...
Summary: Create custom types in Windows PowerShell with a free module by Jon Newman. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have a guest blogger who was with us in 2011, when he wrote Automate Facebook with a Free PowerShell Module. My name is Jon Newman, and I’m an old hand at...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to parse file delimiters in a file. How can I use Windows PowerShell to break out lines in a text file that are delimited by “\”? Here is the file content: PS C:> Get-Content C:fsoAnEmptyFile.txt This is content \mydata\more stuff \addmydata\addmore stuff\evenmore Use the –Delimi...
Summary: Learn how to decipher Windows PowerShell shorthand notation in this guest post written by Tim Warner. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome a new guest blogger today, Timothy Warner. Tim is an author and evangelist for Pluralsight, a premier online IT pro and development training company. Tim is the author of Sams Teach Your...
Summary: Learn how to find all Windows PowerShell cmdlets except those from a specific module. How can I find all Windows PowerShell cmdlets that begin with the verb "get" but are not contained in the Windows PowerShell module named “PowerShellCookbook”? Use the Get-Com...