Making Associations with CIM
Today’s article grew from a post I saw on the Facebook PowerShell group page. The question centered on the best way to filter results using Get-CimInstance....
More PowerShell Replacement Techniques
In the last article, I discussed and demonstrated a number of replacement techniques in PowerShell. You can use these techniques to replace strings or parts...
PowerShell Replacement Rules
Even though we think about working with objects in PowerShell and not parsing strings, a string is still an object, and there are situations where we want to...
What's In a Name
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.” - Romeo and Juliet I’m sure you are familiar with Shakespeare’s...
Collection Function Homework
A few weeks ago, I shared my code utilizing generic collections to encode a text file by reversing each line and the entire file. The point of the exercise...
Scoping Out PowerShell Problems
One of the challenges facing beginner PowerShell scripters is the concept of scope. I recall when I first learned PowerShell struggling to get my head...
Optimizing PowerShell Objects
I recently posted an article on my blog about formatting property names from a Directory Searcher result. While that article and its accompanying code were...
The Collections Script Challenge
A few weeks ago, I published an article on using generic collections in place of arrays. Arrays still have a place in your PowerShell scripting toolbox. But...
Creating User Friendly Code
As you write PowerShell scripts and functions, I encourage you to think about who will be using your code and their expectations. Even if the user will be...
Collections in Action
In the last article, I introduced the generic collection, a terrific alternative to using an array. Especially if you need to modify the array contents. A...
Arrays and Collections
I do not doubt that you have used arrays in your PowerShell work. You might have created an array to hold the results of a PowerShell command at the console...
Best Practices Make Perfect
Over the last several weeks, I've been sharing and demonstrating techniques for writing effective PowerShell functions. I know I've mentioned a few...
Pipeline Possibilities
In the previous article, I demonstrated how to add pipeline binding to your advanced PowerShell function. There is nothing wrong with writing a simple...
Advancing Your Functions
I hope you've been enjoying this series of articles looking at how to build a PowerShell function. If you are a PowerShell beginner and can write a function...
Extending a PowerShell Function
If you’ve been keeping up with the articles, you’ve seen how I went from a script block to a basic PowerShell function. This is a stand-alone function,...
More Basic Function Building
In the last article, I demonstrated how to add parameters to a basic PowerShell function. Well-crafter parameters make your code flexible, re-usable, and...
Parameterizing the Basic Function
In the last article, I showed you how to create a basic PowerShell function from a script block. A function at its core is nothing more than a script block...
Creating Basic Functions
In a previous post, we looked at creating and using script blocks in PowerShell. As you’ll discover, these are the building blocks of PowerShell functions....
Building with Script Blocks
Photo by Ryan Fields on Unsplash This month we’re going to dive deeper into PowerShell functions. A reader asked for more content on this topic, and I am...
Building a PowerShell Module
I hope you’ll indulge me and accept a slight deviation from the regular content. But this is something you might be interested in attending, and unless you...
