PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

How to do it...

1. We will start by gathering the properties of our home directory. The path to this is stored in the automatic variable known as $HOME:

PS> Get-Item $HOME | Get-Member

Note the TypeName of the object—the very first line—as well as the MemberType column in the table.

2. Next, check when the home directory was last written to:

PS> (Get-Item $HOME).LastWriteTime

3. Can we find out when the parent of your $HOME was created?

PS> (Get-Item $HOME).Parent | Get-MemberPS> (Get-Item $HOME).Parent.CreationTime

To reiterate, PowerShell is not case-sensitive. However, to improve readability, we have stuck to the PowerShell convention of using camel case.

4. What are the members of this object?

PS> (Get-Item $HOME).Parent.CreationTime | Get-Member ...