Friday Fun: Start-TypedDemo v2
Not too long ago I posted a function I wrote for doing PowerShell demonstrations. My goal was to simulate a live interactive demo but without the typing so I could focus on explaining and not typing....
View ArticleScriptBlocks On the Fly
I’m always preaching about writing PowerShell scripts and functions with reuse and modularization in mind. You should never have to write the same block of code twice. But what about in the shell...
View ArticleGet Properties with Values
One of my nuisance issues when using WMI with Windows PowerShell, is that when looking at all properties I have to wade though many that have no value. I’d prefer to only view properties that have a...
View ArticleThe PowerShell Day Care: Building ScriptBlocks
Good morning kids and welcome to the PowerShell Day Care center. We offer a creative and nurturing environment for PowerShell professionals of all ages. Later there might even be juice and cookies. But...
View ArticleFriday Fun What a CHAR!
Last week I posted a PowerShell snippet on Twitter. My original post piped an array of integers as [CHAR] type using an OFS. Don’t worry about that. As many people reminded me, it is much easier to use...
View ArticleRe-Use PowerShell Scriptblocks
//Re-Use PowerShell Scriptblocks// I commented on a blog post today that showed how to use a hash table with Select-Object to format file sizes say as KB. dir $env:temp -rec | select...
View ArticleScripting with PSCredential
I see this question often: how can I pass a parameter value for a PSCredential that might be a credential object or it might be a user name? In the past I’ve used code like this: begin { Write-Verbose...
View ArticlePowerShell Scripting with [ValidateScript]
The last few days we’ve been looking at parameter validation attributes you might use in a script of function. Yesterday I wrote about [ValidateRange] and demonstrated how you might use it. That...
View ArticleFriday Fun: 13 More Scriptblocks
In celebration of Friday the 13th I thought I would offer up a menu of 13 more script blocks. If you missed the first course, you can find the original 13 scrptblocks here. I’m not going to spend a lot...
View ArticleSkipping WMI System Properties in PowerShell
One of my favorite techniques when using WMI in PowerShell is to pipe an object to Select-Object and select all properties. Try this: get-wmiobject win32_bios | select * It works, but it also gets all...
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