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Summary:  Learn some quick tricks for using Windows PowerShell arrays.  How can I split the following string in the $a variable? $a = "atl-ws-01,atl-ws-02,atl-ws-03,atl-ws-04"  Use the split method : $b = $a.split(",")    How do I join an array, such as the one in the $a variable shown here?  $a = "...

Summary:  Learn how to check for proper completion of a Windows PowerShell command.  How can I tell if a Windows PowerShell command completes successfully?                   a. Query the $error automatic variable. If $error[0] reports no in...

Summary: Learn to use the Write-Host PowerShell cmdlet to create color output from commands.  Someone told me the Write-Host cmdlet could create color output. Can you give me some samples of acceptable syntax? a. Write-Host -ForegroundColor 12 "hi" b. Write-Host -ForegroundColor 12 "hi" -BackgroundColor white c. Write-Host...

Summary: Learn how to create an ASCII file from inside Windows PowerShell.  I want to create an ASCII text file to hold the results of the Get-Process cmdlet. How can this be done?                 a. Pipe the results to the Out-File cmdlet and use the -encoding parameter to ...

Summary: Learn how to find and import Windows PowerShell modules.  I want to get a list of all the modules that are installed with Windows PowerShell on my machine. How can you do this?  Inside a Windows PowerShell console, type the following command: Get-Module -ListAvailable  I want to load all of the modules that are installed wit...