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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell multiple-line comments in your script or from the console.  How do you type a multiple-line comment?  Begin the comment with the <# tag, and end the comment with the #> tag: <#  this is a comment             on several ...

Summary: Use the Invoke-WebRequest Windows PowerShell cmdlet to easily send a web request.    How can you easily send an HTTP or HTTPS request to a web service by using Windows PowerShell 3.0?  Use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet. For example, the following code returns links from the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. (...

Summary: Learn how to use the Online parameter from the Get-Help Windows PowerShell cmdlet.  How can you easily find updated Help information from within Windows PowerShell?  Use the Online switched parameter with the Get-Help cmdlet: Get-Help gps -Online

Summary: Use the Verbose switched parameter with the Import-Module cmdlet to trace module load activity.  How can you watch what loads when importing a Windows PowerShell module?  Use the Verbose switch when calling the Import-Module cmdlet: Import-Module psdiagnostics -verbose

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to cast an RSS feed to an XML document.  How can you navigate an RSS feed as if it was an XML document by using Windows PowerShell?  When retrieving an RSS feed, ensure that you cast it to an XML document by using the [xml] type accelerator:            ...