Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Dedication
3. Brief Table of Contents
4. Table of Contents
5. Preface
6. About this Book
7. About the Author
8. Acknowledgments
9. Chapter 1. Before you begin
10. Chapter 2. Running commands
11. Chapter 3. Using the help system
12. Chapter 4. The pipeline: connecting commands
13. Chapter 5. Adding commands
14. Chapter 6. Objects: just data by another name
15. Chapter 7. The pipeline, deeper
16. Chapter 8. Formatting—and why it’s done on the right
17. Chapter 9. Filtering and comparisons
18. Chapter 10. Remote control: one to one, and one to many
19. Chapter 11. Tackling Windows Management Instrumentation
20. Chapter 12. Multitasking with background jobs
21. Chapter 13. Working with bunches of objects, one at a time
22. Chapter 14. Security alert!
23. Chapter 15. Variables: a place to store your stuff
24. Chapter 16. Input and output
25. Chapter 17. You call this scripting?
26. Chapter 18. Sessions: remote control, with less work
27. Chapter 19. From command to script to function
28. Chapter 20. Adding logic and loops
29. Chapter 21. Creating your own “cmdlets” and modules
30. Chapter 22. Trapping and handling errors
31. Chapter 23. Debugging techniques
32. Chapter 24. Additional random tips, tricks, and techniques
33. Chapter 25. Final exam: tackling an administrative task from scratch
34. Chapter 26. Beyond the operating system: taking PowerShell further
35. Chapter 27. Never the end
36. Chapter 28. PowerShell cheat sheet
37. Index
38. List of Figures
39. List of Tables
40. List of Listings