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The 2011 Scripting Games Advanced Event 7: Map User's Names and Twitter Names with PowerShell

April 12, 2011 Apr 12, 2011 04/12/11

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Summary: Advanced Event 7 in 2011 Scripting Games uses Windows PowerShell to map user's names to Twitter names. About this event Event scenario You are enjoying using Twitter. Unfortunately, Twitter usernames are not always easily understandable. You would like to be able to map a Twitter username with the person’s actual name. To do ...

Speed Up Array Comparisons in Powershell with a Runtime Regex

February 18, 2011 Feb 18, 2011 02/18/11

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Summary: Learn how to speed up array comparisons in Windows PowerShell by using a runtime regular expression Hey, Scripting Guy! I am interested in speeding up comparisons of arrays when I use Windows PowerShell. Can you help me? —CR Hello CR, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. We are still in our Guest Blogger Week, so ...

Expert Solutions: Beginner Event 9 of the 2010 Scripting Games

May 27, 2010 May 27, 2010 05/27/10

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(Note: These solutions were written for Beginner Event 9 of the 2010 Scripting Games.) Beginner Event 9 (Windows PowerShell) Daniele Muscetta’s journey with computers and software started when he began programming on a Commodore 64 at the age of 10. Daniele preferred to write programs on his Commodore 64 ...

2010 Scripting Games: Beginner Event 9–Adding Arrays

May 6, 2010 May 6, 2010 05/6/10

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Note: We are no longer accepting entries for this event. See the due dates page for a list of all event due dates. About This Event Event ScenarioYou have two arrays of letters as seen here:"a","b","c","d""d","g","f","e"You need to add the two arrays, and remove duplicate letters. After you have added the two arrays, ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Parse My Firewall Log File to See What Kind of Packets Are Being Sent?

April 16, 2009 Apr 16, 2009 04/16/09

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Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to parse the firewall log on my computer and find out the kinds of packets that are going out. You know, how many Web page packets, how many DNS lookups, how many pings. That kind of stuff. I figure that I can look at these logs and pick up diagnostic information. For example, if I see a bunch of DNS queries ...

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