Chapter 7. Working with objects
This chapter covers
- Using objects in PowerShell
- Understanding object properties, methods, and events
- Working with objects in the pipeline
When you work with Windows PowerShell for, say, 10 minutes or so, you start to suspect that it isn’t quite the standard command-line interface it appears to be. Many administrators, relying on previous experience with shells like Cmd.exe or Bash, struggle to use PowerShell efficiently and effectively. The reason for this is that—despite PowerShell doing its best to disguise this fact—it’s an object-oriented shell, which is a significant difference from the text-based shells of yesterday. Wrapping your head around this paradigm shift, you can see that PowerShell’s object-oriented ...
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