Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Working with Variables, Function, and Cmdlets

You can use PowerShell variables to store results from any executed command. The following example demonstrates how to use variables:

#$SiteCollection = Get-SPSite "http://portal.companyabc.com"#$SiteCollection.Url#$SiteCollection.Owner

The preceding given command saves site collection (from http://portal.companyabc.com) to a variable $SiteCollection; the variable can then be used to retrieve properties. The preceding example shows how to retrieve Url and Owner properties and display them in the shell.

The value stored to $SiteCollection is a SharePoint-specific .NET Framework object: SPSite and exposes all available properties as in any other .NET language.

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