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Learn How to Use Description Attributes in PowerShell Functions

May 28, 2011 May 28, 2011 05/28/11
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to use description attributes to enable a quick retrieval of Windows PowerShell functions. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the 2011 Scripting Games are nearly completely over. “What?” you may ask. “Is there more to come?” ...

Best Practice for Using Aliases in PowerShell Scripts

May 1, 2011 May 1, 2011 05/1/11
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses the use of aliases in Windows PowerShell scripts. He covers the pros and cons in this blog. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. “You can have my aliases when you pry my cold dead fingers from my keyboard,” was not one of the emails I received during ...

Reusing PowerShell Code—What is Best?

April 30, 2011 Apr 30, 2011 04/30/11
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Summary: In this Weekend Scripter blog, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, discusses considerations for code reuse. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It has been really fun these past few weeks reviewing all of the scripts that were submitted for the 2011 Scripting Games. One of the questions I have seen crop up ...

Write PowerShell Functions That Accept Pipelined Input

December 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010 12/31/10
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Summary: Learn how to write Windows PowerShell functions that accept pipelined input.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I really like the way that some Windows PowerShell cmdlets enable me to pipeline things to it. I do not understand why some Windows PowerShell cmdlets do not allow me to pipeline stuff to it, or perhaps I am doing it wrong. Anyway...

The Function of PowerShell Functions

December 29, 2010 Dec 29, 2010 12/29/10
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   Summary: In this how to article, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson discusses design considerations for Windows PowerShell functions.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to decide how to configure my Windows PowerShell function. I have heard that functions should return objects, but I am thinking that it would be better for my ...