powershell Questions and Answers

Welcome

Help

O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). More »

Send us feedback

Topics: powershell

powershell Feed powershell Open Questions Feed powershell Email Open Questions via Email

Looking for book recommendation: best book to start learning Powershell

Asked by camey : 14 March 2011 - 08:20 AM

Answered by macnlos : Mar 14 2011 08:41 AM
I would stop by your local bookstore to see which one suits your needs. Here is what I found: FREE Book off of MSDN (hey, it's free, might as well see) MSDN - Technet Book Your on O'Reilly,... full answer >
Tags:
- powershell
1Answer

0Comments
How to Use Windows PowerShell to Modify or Remove a Registry Key Value

By chco : 04 September 2010 - 02:14 AM
If you want to modify or remove a property of a specific registry key, then the following excerpt from the new O'Reilly book Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Second Edition can be of service. To set t...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
How to Provide Progress Updates with Windows PowerShell

By chco : 02 September 2010 - 05:38 AM
The following excerpt is from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Second Edition. The author speaks to what is needed should you wish to display status information to the user for long-running tasks.To provi...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
How to Download a File from the Internet with Windows PowerShell

By chco : 01 September 2010 - 08:10 AM
If you want to download a file from a website on the Internet using Windows PowerShell then this excerpt from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Second Edition can be of help.Use the DownloadFile() method f...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
How to Use Excel to Manage Command Output from Windows PowerShell

By chco : 31 August 2010 - 03:44 PM
This excerpt from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Second Edition will show you how to use Excel to manipulate or visualize the output of a Windows PowerShell command. Use PowerShell’s Export-Csv cmdlet...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
How to Search a File for Text or a Pattern in Windows PowerShell

By chco : 30 August 2010 - 08:08 AM
When you want to find a string or regular expression in a file then the following excerpt from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Second Edition should be able to help you.To search a file for an exact...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
How to Automate Data-Intensive Tasks in Windows PowerShell

By chco : 27 August 2010 - 02:38 PM
The following excerpt from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Second Edition shows you how to efficiently run a simple task on large amounts of data. One of the major benefits of PowerShell is its capabilit...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
How to Customize the Shell in Windows PowerShell

By chco : 27 August 2010 - 04:58 AM
The following excerpt from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Second Edition shows you how to customize the PowerShell console to make it more efficient for copying, pasting, history management, and scrolli...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments
How to Get Windows PowerShell to Notify You When a Job is Complete

By chco : 26 August 2010 - 12:42 PM
Supposing you have created a long-running job and you would like Windows PowerShell to notify you upon completion. The following excerpt from Windows PowerShell Cookbook, Second Edition can help.Use t...
Tags:
1Vote

0Comments
Using Windows PowerShell for Event Monitoring

By adfm : 24 May 2010 - 10:30 AM
Did you know that Windows PowerShell can help you manage your event log? This excerpt from Tulloch, Northrup, et al.'s Windows® 7 Resource Kit will show you how. New in Windows 7 is the capab...
Tags:
0Votes

0Comments