Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Second Edition

Creating and deleting items

The New-Item command is able to create files, directories, and keys:

New-Item $env:Temp\newfile.txt -ItemType File 
New-Item $env:Temp\newdirectory -ItemType Directory 
New-Item HKLM:\Software\NewKey -ItemType Key 

When creating a file using New-Item in PowerShell, the file is empty (0 bytes).

In PowerShell 5, New-Item gained the ability to create symbolic links, junctions, and hard links:

• A symbolic link is a link to another file or directory. Creating a symbolic link requires administrator privileges (run as administrator)
• A hard link is a link to another file on the same drive
• A junction is a link to another directory on any local drive. Creating a junction does not require administrative privileges

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