PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

How to do it...

We will mostly use the help documentation to demonstrate the two different kinds of pipeline input. Follow these steps to get started:

1. At the prompt, type in the following command:

PS> Get-Help Get-Item -Parameter Path

The output says that the parameter accepts a string input, and accepts input by property name as well as by value:

2. Type in the following code to see if a valid string is accepted:

PS> "$HOME/random" | Get-Item

Of course, substitute the path with that of the lab directory in your setup:

3. Let us try something ...