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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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: Create list of approved PowerShell verbs

January 23, 2016 Jan 23, 2016 01/23/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to easily produce a list of approved Windows PowerShell verbs. (image) How can I find what verbs are approved for use in a Windows PowerShell function? (image) Use the Get-Verb cmdlet, and to make it easy to peruse, send the output to the Out-GridView cmdlet: get-verb | Out-GridView (image...

PowerTip: Find single-name PowerShell functions

January 22, 2016 Jan 22, 2016 01/22/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to find Windows PowerShell functions that do not have a hyphen in the name. (image) How can I easily find Windows PowerShell functions that do not have a hyphen in the name, but instead are single words, such as the Prompt function? (image) Use the Get-Command cmdlet and return only functions...

PowerTip: Find top PowerShell cmdlet nouns

January 21, 2016 Jan 21, 2016 01/21/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to find the top five nouns in Windows PowerShell cmdlets. (image) How can I find which nouns are the most prevalent in Windows PowerShell cmdlets? (image) You need to find all of the cmdlet names, group them by noun, sort them by count, and then select only the first ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to return first two lines of file

January 20, 2016 Jan 20, 2016 01/20/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to return the first two lines of a text file.(image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily return the first two lines of a text file?(image) Use the Get-Content cmdlet and specify the TotalCount parameter. In this example, TotalCount is set ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to return first two lines of file

January 20, 2016 Jan 20, 2016 01/20/16

Doctor Scripto

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