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April 11, 2011Apr 11, 201104/11/11
Summary: Beginner Event 6 of 2011 Scripting Games uses Windows PowerShell to find Windows Update errors.
About this event
Division
Beginner
Date of Event
4/11/2011 12:01 AM
Due Date
4/18/2011 12:01 AM
Event scenario
On your home computer,
April 20, 2007Apr 20, 200704/20/07
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that increments a counter each time a particular log file gets updated?
— HJ
Hey, HJ. You know,
February 9, 2006Feb 9, 200602/9/06
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I count the number of times the word Failure appears in a log file? There’s one catch, though: the log file simply writes its events one after another, creating one big,
August 26, 2005Aug 26, 200508/26/05
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the 20 largest files on a computer?
— PW
Hey, PW. Having recently returned from a vacation in Europe, the Scripting Guy who writes this column now understands that there are different ways to do things.
