PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

How to do it...

Let's discuss how we can create a custom object. To start with, the script requires an input CSV file, and the file contains Server and User columns. Let's get started and create the content of the input CSV file:

1. To create an Input file, type in nano, followed by a filename:

PS> nano input.csv  

2. To view the contents of the input.csv file, type in cat, followed by a filename:

PS> cat ./input.csv Server,userhfd01,ssh-test10.2.6.68,prashant 

3. Use SSH to establish a session with the remote machine and run the Invoke-command cmdlet to execute a script block on the remote session:

PS> import-csv ./input.csv|%{  Invoke-Command -HostName $_.Server -UserName $_.user -ScriptBlock { Get-Process |` select-object Handles,CPU, ` ...