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July 11, 2013Jul 11, 201307/11/13Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about sorting comma-separated value (CSV) files.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I am sifting through some of the email that arrives at scripter@microsoft.com. It is always fun to read the email because it gives me a great sense of what is going on with people trying to use Windows PowerShell.
December 12, 2012Dec 12, 201212/12/12Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to create a custom Windows PowerShell object to simplify appending to CSV files.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Yesterday, you talked about creating two objects, exporting them to CSV files, and then manipulating the strings to combine the CSV files.
December 11, 2012Dec 11, 201212/11/12Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about adding together two pieces of CSV information and making the rows wider, not longer.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem at work. Our company is in the midst of massive acquisitions and mergers.
April 9, 2012Apr 9, 201204/9/12
Summary: In Advanced Event 6, you are required to compute the uptime for multiple servers.
About this event
Division
Advanced
Date of Event
4/9/2012 12:01 AM
Due Date
4/16/2012 12:01 AM
Event scenario
You are the server lead for a medium-sized enterprise,
March 24, 2012Mar 24, 201203/24/12Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to manually create a CSV file in this beginner Windows PowerShell blog.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Ah, it is the weekend. It seems that this week has been rather long, although I know that is a misconception because each week only has 168 hours in it.
November 28, 2011Nov 28, 201111/28/11Summary: Learn four easy ways to use Windows PowerShell to import CSV files into SQL Server.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I was chatting this week with Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Chad Miller, about the series of blogs I recently wrote about using CSV files.
November 15, 2011Nov 15, 201111/15/11Summary: Learn why Windows PowerShell cannot export certain properties to a CSV file and what to do about it.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, Terry Dow posted a comment on my Use PowerShell to Work with CSV Formatted Text blog post.
November 6, 2011Nov 6, 201111/6/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to automatically create a CSV file.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am about finished playing around with CSV files for the time being. I do not always use the ConvertTo-CSV or the Export-CSV cmdlet.
November 5, 2011Nov 5, 201111/5/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to read CSV files and create files and folders.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. This past week has been fun. I enjoy talking about comma-separated value files (CSV) because they are very flexible,
November 4, 2011Nov 4, 201111/4/11Summary: Learn how to use a CSV file to populate parameters of Windows PowerShell cmdlets.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. I would like to be able to read content from a comma-separated value (CSV) file that contains a list of WMI classes and servers that I would like to query.
