Windows PowerShell 3.0 First Steps

Chapter 11. Using Windows PowerShell scripts

• Why write Windows PowerShell scripts?

• Scripting fundamentals

• Using the While statement

• Using the Do…While statement

• Using the Do…Until statement

• Using the For statement

• Using the If statement

• Using the Switch statement

With the ability to perform so many actions from inside Windows PowerShell in an interactive fashion, you might wonder, “Why do I need to write scripts?” For many network administrators, one-line Windows PowerShell commands will indeed solve many routine problems. This can become extremely powerful when the commands are combined into batch files and perhaps called from a log-on script. However, there are some very good reasons to write Windows PowerShell scripts. We will examine them in this ...