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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, you notice that you have not been receiving Windows Update notifications.
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, lately the Scripting Guy who writes this column has been victimized by a disturbing phenomenon: he keeps getting phone calls from machines.
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, giant line of text.— FS
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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.
