Chapter 6 The PowerShell Language

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Expressions and Operators

• Escape Sequences

• Error Handling

• Managing Elements with Arrays

• Creating Functions

• Understanding Filters

• Controlling Script Flow with Loops

• Using Logic and Making Decisions

• Building Scripts with Scriptblocks

• Summary

This chapter focuses on performing traditional programming operations with PowerShell. Although many discussions of PowerShell emphasize the new features and capabilities of the language, the designers of the PowerShell language also drew extensively on existing programming and scripting languages to ensure that this new language encompassed the most useful features of these earlier languages. If you are already familiar with ...

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