Windows PowerShell 1.0 Essentials

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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 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 The Basics of Creating and Running Windows PowerShell 1.0 Scripts What is a PowerShell Script? An Example Windows PowerShell Script PowerShell 1.0 Script Naming Convention Executing PowerShell Scripts Handling Script Arguments The PowerShell exit Keyword Windows PowerShell 1.0 Commands and Aliases PowerShell 1.0 Command Summary PowerShell 1.0 Alias Summary Creating and Listing PowerShell Aliases Windows PowerShell 1.0 String Quoting and Escape Sequences Using Double Quotes Using Single Quotes Using the PowerShell Escape Character PowerShell Special Escape Sequences 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 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 Basic Windows PowerShell 1.0 Types PowerShell Numeric Types Specifying Hexadecimal Numbers PowerShell Boolean Type PowerShell String Type PowerShell Type Casting 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 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 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 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 Windows PowerShell 1.0 Pipes and Redirection PowerShell Pipes Windows PowerShell Redirection Operators Windows PowerShell Redirection Redirecting Error Output Windows PowerShell 1.0 Flow Control with if, else and elseif Using the if Statement Using if ... else .. Statements Using if ... elseif .. Statements Summary 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 Windows PowerShell 1.0 Looping with do and while Statements The Windows PowerShell while Loop Windows PowerShell do ... while loops Breaking from while Loops The continue Statement The Windows PowerShell 1.0 switch Statement Why Use a switch Statement? Windows PowerShell switch Statement Syntax A switch Statement Example Explaining the Example Using break in a Windows PowerShell switch Statement The switch $_ Variable Using Expressions in a Windows PowerShell switch Statement Wildcards, Regular Expressions and Case Sensitivity in switch Statements Using switch Statements to Iterate Through Ranges and Collections Using the continue Statement Windows PowerShell 1.0 Functions Creating and Calling a Simple Windows PowerShell Function Passing Parameters to a Function Specifying Named Parameters Function Parameter Initialization Specifying Function Parameter Types Using Functions in a Pipeline Returning from Functions Windows PowerShell Function Administration Working with File Systems in Windows PowerShell 1.0 Getting Disk Drive Information Creating New Windows PowerShell Drives Getting Information About Network Drives in PowerShell Windows PowerShell File System Directory Listings Copying, Remaining and Deleting Files and Directories Windows PowerShell 1.0 File Handling Getting File Properties Changing File Properties with Set-ItemProperty Reading Text Files in Windows PowerShell Reading Binary Files in Windows PowerShell Writing to Files in Windows PowerShell Searching for Strings in Files with Windows PowerShell

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