March 2011 - Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog - PowerShell.com – PowerShell Scripts, Tips, Forums, and Resources

Learn How to Use Switch, Regex, and PowerShell to Parse Files

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to use the Windows PowerShell switch command and regular expressions to parse text files. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Script Week Live Meetings have been great fun, and the feedback has been...

Published Tue, Mar 29 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, getting started, scripting techniques, Scripting Wife, regular expressions

Scripting Wife Uses PowerShell to Create Files Automatically

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell to automatically create files with the date stored in them. The room seems quiet now. I take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and begin to relax. My name is Ed Wilson. I am the Microsoft...

Published Wed, Mar 30 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, Scripting Wife, text files

Use PowerShell to Track Email Messages in Exchange Server

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to evaluate email messages that are sent and received on Microsoft Exchange Server. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to create a report that tells my boss information about email messages that are sent...

Published Wed, Mar 02 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, guest blogger, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Messaging & Communication

Change Drive Letters and Labels via a Simple PowerShell Command

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows you how to change drive letters and labels with a simple Windows PowerShell command. Hey, Scripting Guy! First of all, I want to thank you for being cool and for all the neat things you do with the Windows...

Published Mon, Mar 14 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, WMI

Use PowerShell to Replace Text in Strings

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to use Windows PowerShell and regular expressions to replace text in strings. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. I just finished a meeting with the Microsoft TechEd people about doing a series of five Live...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, getting started, scripting techniques, Scripting Wife, regular expressions, 2011 Scripting Games

Learn How to Create Custom Column Heads for PowerShell Out-GridView

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to create custom column headings for the Windows PowerShell Out-GridView cmdlet. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is a typical weekend for me. I am up early, sipping a cup of English...

Published Sun, Mar 06 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, Weekend Scripter, Scripting Wife, displaying output

Use PowerShell Regular Expressions to Format Numbers

Summary : Microsoft MVP, Tome Tanasovski, shows how to use regular expression lookaheads and lookbehinds in Windows PowerShell to format numbers. Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I use a regular expression to add the appropriate commas to a number? —TT...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, guest blogger, regular expressions

Use PowerShell to Determine Fragmentation of Your Drive

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to determine the amount of fragmentation of your hard disk drives. Hey, Scripting Guy! One of the things that annoys me is that the “new” defragmenter program in Windows 7 does not return any information...

Published Tue, Mar 15 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, storage, WMI, disk drives and volumes

Use PowerShell to Document Exchange Server Prior to Upgrade

Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to document your Exchange Server 2003 environment before you upgrade to a newer version of Exchange Server. Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to help me prepare for a Microsoft Exchange Server migration...

Published Wed, Mar 16 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, guest blogger, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Exchange 2007, Messaging & Communication, Microsoft Exchange 2003

Learn PowerShell live with Scripting Guy Ed Wilson

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson will present five live meetings for TechEd 2011 during the Road To TechEd Script Week . It is official, I will conduct five live meetings beginning on Monday March 28, 2011. In these hour long meetings...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2011 5:31 PM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Windows PowerShell, getting started

Use PowerShell Regular Expressions to Parse an RSS Feed

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell regular expressions to parse an RSS feed. Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find patterns in text with regular expressions when I am unsure of where line breaks will occur in the text I am reading? —TT Hello...

Published Fri, Mar 04 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, guest blogger, using the Internet, regular expressions, RSS

Use PowerShell to Query All Event Logs for Recent Events

Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to easily query all event logs for recent events. It is raining outside in Seattle, Washington. I suppose that might not be news to most people, but then I am not from Seattle. In fact, the last time I was...

Published Mon, Mar 07 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, event logs, Logs and monitoring

Use PowerShell to Look for Phone Numbers in Text

Summary : The Scripting Wife learns how to use a regular expression pattern to look for phone numbers in text files. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. I am looking over some of the slide decks from the Columbia, South Carolina SQL Saturday #70...

Published Wed, Mar 23 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, getting started, scripting techniques, files, Scripting Wife, regular expressions

Scripting Wife Uses Regular Expressions to Match a String

Summary : On the road to the 2011 Scripting Games, the Scripting Wife learns about regular expressions and string matching. Weekend Scripter Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. The Scripting Wife and I decided to head to Hilton Head Island (no relation...

Published Sun, Mar 20 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, scripting techniques, Weekend Scripter, Scripting Wife, regular expressions

How to Improve the Performance of a PowerShell Event Log Query

Summary : Learn how to improve the performance of a Windows PowerShell event log query. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am a beginner when it comes to using Windows PowerShell, and I was inspired by your article yesterday about using Windows PowerShell to Query...

Published Tue, Mar 08 2011 2:01 AM by Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog : Windows PowerShell

Filed under: Scripting Guy!, Windows PowerShell, getting started, scripting techniques, performance, event logs, Logs and monitoring

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