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Events Happen
Today’s topic came to me from a reader and is an advanced PowerShell topic. It is something that you might find useful as an interactive management tool or...
Are You My Type?
One of the reasons PowerShell is so amazing is that it not only works with objects, but also with objects that have a specific type. Not only is a process...
Protecting Data
In my last article, I demonstrated several PowerShell scripting techniques you could use to separate data from code. You want to avoid including the data you...
Clean Code is Secure Code
This is an article I have had scheduled for a while. It is a topic that should be self-evident, but in my experience, this isn’t always the case. And based...
A PowerShell Parsing Problem
Recently, I received an email from a reader, Danny. He was looking for help with a parsing problem in PowerShell. He had a log file to re-format to meet a...
Formatting with PSStyle
I trust you have found this series on ANSI and $PSStyle intriguing and have begun looking for ways to integrate it into your PowerShell scripting. It will be...
PSStyle in Action
We’re nearing the end of our exploration into ANSI and PSStyle. Hopefully, you are just getting started. At this point, you should be able to construct a...
PowerShell with Style
Let’s continue our exploration of ANSI escape sequences and how to incorporate color or formatting into our PowerShell scripting. If you missed them, I...
More Pretty PowerShell
In my previous article, I began a series of lessons on ANSI escape sequences. At first glance, they may appear daunting. But once you understand how they are...
Pretty PowerShell is Better PowerShell
It should come as no surprise that I am an old-school, command-line kind of guy. I am thrilled when I can type out a command and get a result in the console....
Taking PowerShell in a New (Re)direction
Normally, when we run a PowerShell command or pipeline expression, we focus on the output. We’re manipulating objects in the pipeline until we get the...
Information is Power
Earlier this year, I published an article on creating better PowerShell output. One of the techniques I demonstrated involved using the Write-Information...
Stacking Locations in PowerShell
I’m expecting that a significant number of you use PowerShell from an interactive console prompt. You are running commands, changing directories, and...
Buffering Up the Pipeline
In several of the last articles, I’ve alluded to how PowerShell passes objects down the pipeline. Most of the time, we don’t worry about it, and PowerShell...
More Common Variables That Aren't Common
In a recent article, I began exploring a few common parameters. These are parameters that every cmdlet includes, although I suspect their usage is anything...
Common Variables Are Anything But Common
When you run a PowerShell command, you have the benefit of also using several common parameters. These are parameters that are included with every cmdlet....
Wading into the Stream
In the last article, we looked at several logging techniques you can use in your PowerShell scripting. I focused on writing text-based files as I expect this...
Logging in PowerShell and Performance Pitfalls
It is not uncommon for IT Pros to incorporate logging into their PowerShell scripts and functions. Often this involves writing content to text files....
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