The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Remoting Week: Remoting Recap

November 25, 2013 Nov 25, 2013 11/25/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Richard Siddaway explains various ways to interact with remote machines. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting learning Windows PowerShell, and I understand how to use it as a scripting language and shell on the local machine. How do I work with remote machines? —AP (image) Hello AP, Honorary Scripting...

PowerTip: Compare the Contents of Files with PowerShell

November 18, 2013 Nov 18, 2013 11/18/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to compare the contents of two file.(image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to compare the contents of two files?(image) Compare-Object -ReferenceObject (Get-Content .diskcapacity.csv) -DifferenceObject (Get-Content .diskcapacity2.csv)Note You have to get the content of ...

The Admin’s First Steps: Capacity Planning Part 3

November 18, 2013 Nov 18, 2013 11/18/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Richard Siddaway talks about using Windows PowerShell to create capacity planning reports. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting learning Windows PowerShell, and I understand how to use it as a scripting language and shell. I’ve been told to start performing capacity planning for my servers and was wondering...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Format Dates

November 11, 2013 Nov 11, 2013 11/11/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to format dates.(image) How can I discover the formats that are available to use in Windows PowerShell when I format date and time information?(image) One way is to keep this script handy and run it when you have a date formatting issue to output common formats:"d ShortDatePattern &...

The Admin’s First Steps: Capacity Planning Part 2

November 11, 2013 Nov 11, 2013 11/11/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Richard Siddaway talks about using Windows PowerShell to store data for capacity planning. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve just starting learning PowerShell and I understand how to use it as a scripting language and shell. I’ve been told to start performing capacity planning for my servers, and I am wondering how I ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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