Exploring Dot-Sourcing in PowerShell -- Microsoft Certified ...
Feb 2, 2017 · Dot-sourcing is a concept in PowerShell that allows you to reference code defined in one script in a separate one. This is useful when you're working on a project with multiple scripts and might have functions specified in one script (s) and the code to call those functions in another. Other than building a module, dot-sourcing is a good way to ...
How To Display GUI Message Boxes in PowerShell
Jun 9, 2016 · For example, in its simplest form, you can use the Show () method to display a simple message. [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show('Hello') Figure 1. You'll notice when the message box comes up, it will halt your console input until it's closed. When you click OK, the console will then show you what the Show () method returned, which, in this ...
Getting Started with Word Using PowerShell -- Microsoft Certified ...
May 24, 2018 · About the Author. Boe Prox is a Microsoft MVP in Windows PowerShell and a Senior Windows System Administrator. He has worked in the IT field since 2003, and he supports a variety of different platforms.
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How To Replace Text in a File with PowerShell
Aug 8, 2018 · To perform a find/replace in a text file, it's much easier to return the contents via single string. We'll add the Raw parameter to do that. PS C:\> Get-Content -path C:\ReplaceDemo.txt -Raw. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. Next, we'll have to figure out a way to find and replace the string "brown" in memory.
Building a Wait-Action Function in PowerShell
Mar 16, 2018 · Creating a Wait-Action function in PowerShell consists of the code to check the status of the task, a while loop and a timer. Using the while loop, we'll continually run the code to check the status of the task; and to be sure we don't get stuck in an infinite loop, we'll set a timer ahead of time and ensure the process times out after a fixed ...
Creating Volume Shadow Copies in PowerShell -- Microsoft …
Dec 7, 2015 · To do this, right-click on the volume and go to Properties and then click on the Shadow Copies tab. This will bring you to a window where you can then click on Enable to create the first snapshot. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 1. You are then presented with a confirmation box where you can then click Yes. That's it!
How To Transfer Files via SCP with PowerShell
Jul 19, 2018 · By using a free community module called Posh-SSH, we can transfer files via SCP just as quickly as we can with Copy-Item. The module we need to use is called Posh-SSH. This module is available on the PowerShell Gallery and can be installed by running Install-Module -Name Posh-SSH. Once installed, you should have a few dozen different commands ...
Using a Stopwatch In PowerShell -- Microsoft Certified …
Oct 19, 2017 · About the Author. Adam Bertram is a 20-year veteran of IT. He's an automation engineer, blogger, consultant, freelance writer, Pluralsight course author and content marketing advisor to multiple technology companies.
How To Save and Read Sensitive Data with PowerShell
Jul 20, 2017 · About the Author. Adam Bertram is a 20-year veteran of IT. He's an automation engineer, blogger, consultant, freelance writer, Pluralsight course author and content marketing advisor to multiple technology companies.