Here’s how it works. A script is a collection of instructions written to a text file (using the ".ps1" extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to run different actions.

I have often pondered the idea of compiling some of my more elaborate PowerShell scripts into executable files for various reasons, but never really wanted to tackle the project due to its ...

Like most Hello World programs, my PowerShell script will indeed display ... the idea that you can use a configuration file to determine the format in which the date will be displayed.

I am trying to learn PowerShell (using V3) and have a need to create a script that will copy a folder ... source can be either the relative path to the file, or the absolute path, it doesn't ...

PowerShell has some similarities to the older tools: Like the Command Prompt shell, it lets you type commands interactively as well as put them into script/batch files, and you can easily use ...

PowerShell scripts don’t need a Shebang and use the .PS1 extension, which lets you run it from Windows Explorer like a batch file. All of the PowerShell scripts used and included here use the .PS1 ...

Since a CSV file is just a text file, it can loosely be created with PowerShell's Add-Content cmdlet. The Add-Content cmdlet can create text files and populate them ... When performing routine ...

A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post ...