Windows PowerShell 1.0 Essentials

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
     
     
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 Associative Arrays (Hashtables)