Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Second Edition

Common operators

Refer to the following table:

Equal to	-eq	1 –eq 1 # Returns $true1 –eq 2 # Returns $false
Not equal to	-ne	1 –ne 2 # Returns $true1 –ne 1 # Returns $false
And	-and	$true –and $true # Returns $true$true –and $false # Returns $false$false –and $false # Returns $false
Or	-or	$true –or $true # Returns $true$true –or $false # Returns $true$false –or $false # Returns $false
Addition and concatenation	+	1 + 1 # Equals 2“one” + “one” # Equals oneone
Subexpression operator	$( )	“Culture is $($host.CurrentCulture)”“Culture is $(Get-Culture)”