Difference between revisions of "Windows PowerShell 1.0 Essentials"

Revision as of 19:47, 2 December 2008

1. Installing Windows PowerShell 1.0
   • Installing Windows PowerShell on Windows Server 2008
   • Performing a Windows Server 2008 PowerShell Command Line Installation
   • Installing PowerShell on Windows Server 2003, XP and Vista Systems
     
     
2. The Basics of the Windows PowerShell 1.0 Interactive Shell
   • The Windows PowerShell Command Prompt
   • PowerShell Command Line Editing Keys
   • PowerShell Command Completion
   • Customizing the PowerShell Window
     
     
3. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Commands and Aliases
   • PowerShell 1.0 Command Summary
   • PowerShell 1.0 Alias Summary
   • Creating and Listing PowerShell Aliases
     
     
4. Windows PowerShell 1.0 String Quoting and Escape Sequences
   • Using Double Quotes
   • Using Single Quotes
   • Using the PowerShell Escape Character
   • PowerShell Special Escape Sequences
     
     
5. Directing and Formatting Windows PowerShell 1.0 Output
   • The Default Output
   • The Out-Host Cmdlet
   • The Out-Printer Cmdlet
   • The Out-File Cmdlet
   • The Out-Null Cmdlet
   • The Out-String Cmdlet
   • Formatting PowerShell Output
     
     
6. Understanding and Creating Windows PowerShell 1.0 Variables
   • Naming a Variable in PowerShell
   • Creating and Assigning a Value to a PowerShell Variable
   • Accessing PowerShell Variable Values
   • Changing the Type of a PowerShell Variable
   • Pre-defined PowerShell Variables
     
     
7. Basic Windows PowerShell 1.0 Types
   • PowerShell Numeric Types
   • Specifying Hexadecimal Numbers
   • PowerShell Boolean Type
   • PowerShell String Type
   • PowerShell Type Casting
     
     
8. Working with Arrays in Windows PowerShell 1.0
   • Creating a Windows PowerShell Array
   • Creating Windows PowerShell Multidimensional Arrays
   • Obtaining the Length of an Array
   • Accessing Elements in a Windows PowerShell Array
   • Accessing Elements in a Windows PowerShell Multidimensional Array
   • Adding new Elements to a Windows PowerShell Array
   • Combining Windows PowerShell Arrays
     
     
9. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Hashtables
   • Creating PowerShell Hashtables
   • Accessing Hashtable Elements
   • Modifying Windows PowerShell Hashtable Elements
   • Adding Elements to a Windows PowerShell Hashtable
   • Removing Elements from a Windows PowerShell Hashtable
   • Clearing All Elements from a Windows PowerShell Hashtable
   • Combining Hashtables
   • Listing Hashtable Count, Keys and Values
     
     
10. Basic Windows PowerShell 1.0 Operators
    • What is an Expression?
    • Windows PowerShell Basic Assignment Operator
    • Windows PowerShell Compound Assignment Operators
    • Windows PowerShell Arithmetic Operators
    • PowerShell Increment and Decrement Operators
    • Windows PowerShell & Operator
    • Windows PowerShell Bitwise and Logical Operators
      
      
11. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Comparison and Containment Operators
    • Windows PowerShell Comparison Operators
    • Windows PowerShell Containment Operators
    • Performing Windows PowerShell Comparisons
    • Using Comparison Operators with Arrays and Collections
    • Using PowerShell Containment Operators
      
      
12. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Pipes and Redirection
    • PowerShell Pipes
    • Windows PowerShell Redirection Operators
    • Windows PowerShell Redirection
    • Redirecting Error Output
      
      
13. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Flow Control with if, else and elseif
    • Using the if Statement
    • Using if ... else .. Statements
    • Using if ... elseif .. Statements
    • Summary
      
      
14. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Looping with the for and foreach Statements
    • The PowerShell for Loop
    • Creating an Infinite for Loop
    • Breaking Out of a for Loop
    • Nested for Loops
    • Breaking From Nested Loops with Labels
    • Continuing for Loops
    • Windows PowerShell foreach Loops
      
      
15. Windows PowerShell 1.0 Looping with do and while Statements
16. The Windows PowerShell switch Statement