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Maximizing the Power of Here-String in PowerShell for Configuration Data

September 11, 2019 Sep 11, 2019 09/11/19
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Discovering some of the awesome and neat ways to leverage a Here-String in a Script or function Q: Hey, Doctor Scripto! I used to write scripts with supporting configuration files that never really changed. I was wondering if there was any way to put them INSIDE the script directly to make it self contained. —AB A: Hello...

Compare the letter frequency of two text files by using PowerShell

April 13, 2016 Apr 13, 2016 04/13/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to compare the letter frequency of two different text files. This is the fourth post in a multi-part series of blog posts that deal with how to determine letter frequency in text files. To fully understand this post, you should read the entire series in order. Here are the posts in the series...

Read a text file and do frequency analysis by using PowerShell

April 12, 2016 Apr 12, 2016 04/12/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to read a text file and do a letter-frequency analysis using Windows PowerShell in this article written by the Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson. This is the third post in a multi-part series of blog posts that deal with how to determine letter frequency in text files. To fully understand this post, you should read the ...