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Parsing NetStat Information with PowerShell 5

August 19, 2015 Aug 19, 2015 08/19/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about parsing output from NetStat with Windows PowerShell 5.0.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need a good way to parse output from the NetStat command. I use it all the time, but it ends up requiring me to spend a lot of time looking through stuff. I am not sure if the command itself has a filter...

Use New PowerShell 5 Cmdlet to Create Objects from Strings

August 18, 2015 Aug 18, 2015 08/18/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a new Windows PowerShell cmdlet to create objects from strings.  Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that even though Windows PowerShell 5.0 in Windows 10 has a lot of cool new stuff, I still end up using command-line utilities. I don’t know if it is just me, or if there are ...

Use the PowerShell 5 Convert-String Cmdlet

August 17, 2015 Aug 17, 2015 08/17/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using the new Convert-String cmdlet in Windows PowerShell 5.0 to manipulate strings. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Over the weekend, the Scripting Wife and I headed out and about to explore central Florida. We found a really cool lake town that had an awesome tea shop. We ...