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Long String Running

November 3, 2015 Nov 3, 2015 11/3/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a compound string command. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, the Scripting Wife and I headed to Nashville for a couple of speaking engagements. We decided to head through Alabama instead of going through Atlanta for a couple of reasons. We have never ...

Weekend Scripter: Exploring PowerShell Arrays

November 1, 2015 Nov 1, 2015 11/1/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about Exploring Windows PowerShell arrays. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the problems I had with Windows PowerShell when I first learned it was handling arrays. Why? Because they were so easy. Well, they are easy, but they are also a bit confusing. Why? Because Get-Member...

Spelunking with Show-Object

October 26, 2015 Oct 26, 2015 10/26/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Guest blogger, Tim Warner, talks about using the Show-Object cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have another guest post by Tim Warner. By the way, you can meet Tim and other PowerShell enthusiasts at the Nashville PowerShell user group meeting on Wednesday, October 28. I will be there making the presentation...

Filtering Event Log Events with PowerShell

October 20, 2015 Oct 20, 2015 10/20/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about filtering event log events with the Get-WinEvent cmdlet.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I try to use the Get-WinEvent cmdlet to search event logs, but it is pretty hard to do. Also, I don’t see the nice switches that I had with Get-EventLog, so I don’t see why I should use the ...