Summary: Advice against using $input for a variable name. Can I use a variable named $input to hold input from the Read-Host cmdlet? $input is an automatic variable that is used for script blocks in the middle of a pipeline. As such, it would be a very poor choice. Call the variable something ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, goes spelunking for new and improved Windows PowerShell 3.0 cmdlets. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is officially the last day of my vacation. Tomorrow, early in the morning, I hop on a plane and head to Redmond, Washington for a week of meetings. This is not a bad thing because ...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to solicit user input. How can I solicit input from the user? Use the Read-Host cmdlet: $in = Read-host “enter the data”
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about discovering Windows PowerShell 3.0 cmdlets. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. There are still a few tickets available for Windows PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 15, 2012. The agenda includes sessions about Active Directory, SharePoint, Exchange Server...
Summary: Learn four ways to use Windows PowerShell to find letters in strings. I want to find out if a string contains the letter “m.” The string is stored in the variable $a as shown here: $a=”northern hairy-nosed wombat” Here are a variety of ways to accomplish this: a. [string]$a.contains(&ldqu...
