Chapter 7. Managing Computers with Commands and Scripts

PowerShell scripts are text files containing the commands you want to execute. These are the same commands you normally type at the PowerShell prompt. However, rather than type the commands each time you want to use them, you create a script to store the commands for easy execution.

Although scripts are useful, you’ll more often work with PowerShell directly at the PowerShell prompt. You can create some extensive one-liners that’ll let you do just about anything, and if one line won’t suffice, you can type multiple lines of commands just as you would in a script. Additionally, if you ...

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