Skip to Content
PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook
book

PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

by Prashanth Jayaram, Ram Iyer
November 2018
Intermediate to advanced
566 pages
17h 15m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

Comparing Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core

Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core are two different implementations. The former is based on a larger framework, the .NET Framework. The latter, on the other hand, is a more modern framework, the .NET Core. PowerShell Core is cross-platform since its parent is. Windows PowerShell, on the other hand, is Windows-only, but has more capabilities than PowerShell at the time of writing this book.

The PowerShell that this book talks about is the cross-platform PowerShell Core. This is referred to as PowerShell. The PowerShell that is Windows-specific is referred to as Windows PowerShell.

Windows PowerShell leverages the internal components and the architectural model of Windows, with its capabilities ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Powershell Core 6.2 Cookbook

Powershell Core 6.2 Cookbook

Jan-Hendrik Peters

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781789137231