Windows PowerShell in Action

Chapter 2. The basics

2.1	Command concepts and terminology	27
2.2	Parsing and PowerShell	37
2.3	Pipelines and commands	45
2.4	Formatting and output	48
2.5	Summary	54

	“Begin at the beginning,” the king said “and then go on till you come to the end, then stop.”
	--Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

	Vizzini: Inconceivable! Inigo: You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
	--William Goldman, The Princess Bride

Having read chapter 1, you have the history and rationale of PowerShell under your belt, and you’re ready to move on to the details of the PowerShell language and its environment. This chapter covers language details that are specific to PowerShell and how the PowerShell interpreter parses the commands you type. It also outlines ...