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Microsoft® Windows PowerShell™ Step By Step
book

Microsoft® Windows PowerShell™ Step By Step

by Ed Wilson
May 2007
Beginner
320 pages
8h 23m
English
Microsoft Press
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Chapter 4 Quick Reference

To

Do This

Retrieve the script execution policy

Use the Get-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet

Set the script execution policy

Use the Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet

Create a variable

Type the variable name in the script

Create a constant

Use the New-Variable cmdlet and specify constant for the option argument

Loop through a collection when you do not know how many items are in the collection

Use the ForEach-Object cmdlet

Pause execution of a script for a certain amount of time

Use the Start-Sleep cmdlet and supply the amount of time to sleep in either seconds or milliseconds

Print out text in color

Use the Write-Host cmdlet and supply the appropriate color to the foregroundcolor argument

Read the contents of a text file

Use the Get-Content cmdlet and ...

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