Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find the amount of time between two dates. How can I use Windows PowerShell to determin how many days until Windows PowerShell Saturday on March 19, 2016 in Tampa? There are many ways to find the difference between two dates. I use the [da...
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about how to find stuff on the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is hard to imagine that it is 2016. It’s even harder to imagine that I have been writing the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog since 2008! With the current pace of twice a day posts, 7 days a week,...
Summary: Learn how to use wildcard characters and Windows PowerShell to find processes. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily see all processes that contain the letters SV in the process name? Use the Get-Process cmdlet and a simple wildcard pattern, for example: gps *sv* Note gps is an alias for Get-Process.
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about Windows PowerShell Saturday in Tampa Florida on March 19, 2016. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. There are worse places to be in March than in Tampa, Florida. If you come to Florida, you might see the elusive and endangered Florida panther. You could see a bear. If you get out on ...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find the command line of processes. How can I find the command line that was used to launch a process that is running on my system? Use the Get-CimInstance cmdlet, the Win32_Process WMI class, and the CommandLine property: gcim win32_process | select commandli...
