Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "As seen while looking at syntax in Get-Help, commands accept a mixture of parameters."

A block of code is set as follows:

Get-Command -CommandType Cmdlet, Function | Where-Object{$metadata = New-ObjectSystem.Management.Automation.CommandMetadata($_)$metadata.ConfirmImpact -eq 'High'}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

Get-Command -CommandType Cmdlet, Function | Where-Object{$metadata = New-Object ...