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August 21, 2009Aug 21, 200908/21/09
Hey Scripting Guy! I am working on a Windows PowerShell script, and I would like to pause the script for three minutes and then resume it. I know I can use the Start-Sleep cmdlet to halt script execution, but I would like to give a visual indication that the script is waiting,
August 20, 2009Aug 20, 200908/20/09
Hey Scripting Guy! I have a bunch of data in a tab-separated value (TSV) file that I need to sort based upon one of the columns. If you could help me it would be great. We are using Windows PowerShell 2.0 if that is of any importance to your solution.
August 19, 2009Aug 19, 200908/19/09
Hey Scripting Guy! I have a laptop that I bought last year with Windows Vista installed on it. I love it. However, I have been reading all the positive reviews surrounding Windows 7, and I think I am going to install Windows 7 as soon as it is available.
August 18, 2009Aug 18, 200908/18/09Hey Scripting Guy! I am trying to convert a number of text files that have been used to create old Web pages to a Web site that uses a new format. The problem is that the text files are not in a standard format.
August 17, 2009Aug 17, 200908/17/09
Hey Scripting Guy! I have a log file that is produced by an application. The file is simply text, and is not really formatted in any discernable way. I can open the log in Notepad and use the <ctrl-f> (control –f) command to search the text file for specific things,
