The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

For the love of Pi

March 14, 2016 Mar 14, 2016 03/14/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: In honor of Pi Day today, we have a guest blog post written by PowerShell MVP, Doug Finke. It's that time of year again when lovers of math, geometry, Albert Einstein, food, and Windows PowerShell can stop and reflect on that transcendental irrational number, Pi. It's the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter or "Hey, ...

Convert a web page into objects for easy scraping with PowerShell

February 2, 2016 Feb 2, 2016 02/2/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 5.0 to scrape a web page so that you can easily return parsable objects. Good morning. Ed Wilson here, and today I have a guest blog post by Doug Finke... When surfing the PowerShell Gallery, you'll find that each module has a web page with a version history, for example: (image) Wouldn't...

Introducing the PowerShell Extension for Visual Studio Code

December 19, 2015 Dec 19, 2015 12/19/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Doug Finke, Microsoft MVP, introduces a new way to edit code.There’s a new editor in town and as with any new shiny toy, it’s a good to download, kick the tires, and give it the seven day test. The seven day test is when you install it, try it, and see if you consistently come back to it over seven days. If you don’t...

PowerTip: Create Function List and Find PowerShell Files

November 25, 2015 Nov 25, 2015 11/25/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to create a function list and find files. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to avoid repetitively typing “ls . –r *.ps1” to get a list of PowerShell files and then “ls . –r *.ps1 | sls function” to search the content of...

Introducing the PowerShell Excel Module

November 25, 2015 Nov 25, 2015 11/25/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger, Doug Finke talks about his PowerShell Excel module.The PowerShell Excel Module is a brand new, exciting, and better way to interact with Microsoft Excel from Windows PowerShell. Plus for bonus points, you don’t need Excel installed on the target machine to create the spreadsheet. Many users of this module generate...

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