Revision as of 19:36, 8 June 2015

General Information about PowerShell

• 6 Basic PowerShell Commands Get Windows
• Boost Productivity with Windows PowerShell Scripts

Notes

Different versions of PowerShell are available for different OS's. Microsoft is using PowerShell as a way to drive people to upgrade to the latest version of Windows. Newer versions of Powershell work better with Newer versions of Microsoft Windows.

Two versions of the Powershell interface.

• Console
  • Basic Command-Line
  • Maximum support for PowerShell
  • Minimal editing capabilities

• ISE
  • Script Editor and Console Combination
  • Some PowerShell features not supported
  • Rich editing cap

• Third Party hosting apps/Editors
  • Variable Features and Pricing
  • PowerGUI

help dir -Online

help dir -ShowWindow

The "-WhatIf" option will allow you to "Dry Run" a command that might modify something on the system.

The "-Confirm" option allows for a Y/N query per item for any command that MODIFIES the system.

get-command

get-command | measure-object

get-command | out-gridview

Show-Command Get-ChildItem

The "back tick" character (above the TAB key) is the "Line Continued Below" reference.

help dir `
-ShowWindow

is the same as

help dir -ShowWindow

get-service | sort-object -Property Status | Out-File Service.txt

same as ...

get-service | sort-object -Property Status > C:\Service.txt

get-service | sort-object -Property Status | Out-File Service.txt -Append

same as ...

get-service | sort-object -Property Status >> C:\Service.txt

Objects

get-process | *get-member*

Get-Member will output the member properties for an Object

get-service | Format-Table *

get-service spooler | Format-list