PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Let's run a command that will result in an error. For now, let us not focus on the syntax of the command; our only goal for now is to generate an error. At the first line of the script window, type in the following:

PS> Get-ChildItem /home/ram/random-directoryPS> Write-Host "Hello world!"

2. Run the two-liner script using the F5 key:

PowerShell is prompt to show an error. It also displays the Hello world! string.

3. Let's set the error action preference, using the variable, ErrorActionPreference. We know there's such a variable ...