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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

A Holiday Special: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter, Part 1

December 21, 2015 Dec 21, 2015 12/21/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter discovers compressing files and working with the Clipboard in PowerShell 5.0. It’s that time again folks—time for the long awaited holiday tradition on the Hey, Scripting Guys! Blog. Get ready for some horrible music and a fun story involving PowerShell. This is our sixth year running the ...

PowerTip: Determine Size of Folder with PowerShell

December 20, 2015 Dec 20, 2015 12/20/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine the size of a folder.(image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily get the size of a folder structure?(image) Use a combination of Get-Childitem and Measure-Object. For example, to see the size of the C:\Foo folder structure in...

PowerTip: Determine Size of Folder with PowerShell

December 20, 2015 Dec 20, 2015 12/20/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to determine the size of a folder. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily get the size of a folder structure? (image) Use a combination of Get-Childitem and Measure-Object. For example, to see the size of the C:\Foo folder ...

Build a Better Copy-Item Cmdlet

December 20, 2015 Dec 20, 2015 12/20/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Sean Kearney investigates how to navigate file system content. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here with an early holiday gift—a way to deal with copying many files and getting some kind of progress on the update. I ran into this problem when I was duplicating file structures onto USB keys for Windows to Go a few ...

Build a Better Copy-Item Cmdlet

December 20, 2015 Dec 20, 2015 12/20/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Sean Kearney investigates how to navigate file system content.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here with an early holiday gift—a way to deal with copying many files and getting some kind of progress on the update.I ran into this problem when I was duplicating file structures onto USB keys for Windows to Go a few months ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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