You can also see that I have used the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to verify the existence of the script, and the Get-Content cmdlet to display the script's code. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 4.

Weakness: The larger code base and flexibility make this a bit more complex to integrate with existing scripts. Depending on the aim of the author, this cmdlet may just be a bit of overkill for ...

Scripts in PowerShell are basically just text files with the special filename extension of ps1. To create a script, you enter a bunch of PowerShell commands in a sequence in a new Notepad file (or ...

Nowadays, people are doing extraordinary things with PowerShell and the need to validate PowerShell code is critical. With Pester, PowerShell developers can quickly build tests just like the "big boy" ...

Writing Readable PowerShell Code for Your Future Self ... 07/16/2015; I see it time and time again. Whether it is in a blog or looking at a script that someone put together, I see code that is hard to ...

PowerShell combines the speed of the command line with the flexibility of a scripting language, making it a valuable Windows administration tool. Here are a few basic commands you'll want to master.

Now that I have shown you how to create a button within an Excel spreadsheet, I want to move forward with using that button to launch a PowerShell script. I will show you how in Part 2. About the ...