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Using PowerShell to View and Remove Wireless Profiles in Windows 10 – Part 1

September 25, 2019 Sep 25, 2019 09/25/19
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Using PowerShell and Regular Expressions as a wrapper on NetSh.exe output to identify the profiles. Hey, Doctor Scripto! I have a whole pile of old Wireless profiles that have been collecting dust. I know I can use NETSH to view and delete them, but the process is very manual. Do you know if there is an easier way to clear them ...

Additional resources for text analysis by using PowerShell

April 15, 2016 Apr 15, 2016 04/15/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: This is a summary of some of the additional resources for working with text and Windows PowerShell. Good day. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. So, here's the deal. We are going along and decide to write a simple Windows PowerShell script. Before we know it, the thing has morphed into dozens of lines. And, also before we ...

Calculate percentage character frequencies from a text file by using PowerShell

April 14, 2016 Apr 14, 2016 04/14/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to calculate the percentage of how often a character appears in a text file. This is the fifth 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 ...

How to skip the beginning and ending of a file by using PowerShell

April 11, 2016 Apr 11, 2016 04/11/16
I_am_mr_ed
Summary: Learn how to skip the beginning and ending portions of a text file by using Windows PowerShell in this article by the Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson. This is the second 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...

Letter frequency analysis of text by using PowerShell

April 8, 2016 Apr 8, 2016 04/8/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to do letter frequency analysis of a text enabling one to see how often a letter occurs. This is the first 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 ...