Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Creating a PowerShell instance

PowerShell instances are created using the Create static method of the System.Management.Automation.PowerShell type. A type accelerator exists for this type and the name can be shortened:

$psInstance = [PowerShell]::Create()

System.Management.Automation.PowerShell or PowerShell The usage is slightly confusing as both the console host and the type used here are normally referred to as PowerShell. References to instances of System.Management.Automation.PowerShell as PowerShell are highlighted in this section.

The object created by the Create method has a fluent interface. Methods can be chained one after another without assigning a value. The following example adds a single command and a parameter, and then ...