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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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: Read Text File in Raw Mode with PowerShell

June 15, 2015 Jun 15, 2015 06/15/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to read a text file in raw mode. (image) 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? (image) Use the –Raw parameter with Get-Content. This forces...

PowerShell Custom Type Module

June 15, 2015 Jun 15, 2015 06/15/15

Doctor Scripto

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 ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Parse Delimiters in File

June 14, 2015 Jun 14, 2015 06/14/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to parse file delimiters in a file. (image) 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 (image) Use ...

Weekend Scripter: Deciphering Windows PowerShell Shorthand

June 14, 2015 Jun 14, 2015 06/14/15

Doctor Scripto

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...

PowerTip: Find All PowerShell Cmdlets Except…

June 13, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 06/13/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to find all Windows PowerShell cmdlets except those from a specific module. (image) 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”? (image) ...

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