The Lonely Administrator : PowerShell, Variable

Get My Variable Revisited

The Lonely Administrator — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:16:27 GMT

Last year I wrote a few articles on working with variables. One task I needed was to identify the variables that I had created in a given PowerShell session with a function I wrote called Get-MyVariable. I also posted an … Continue reading →...(read more)

Friday Fun What’s My Variable

The Lonely Administrator — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:32:25 GMT

I use scriptblocks quite a bit in my PowerShell work, often saved as variables. These are handy for commands you want to run again, but don’t necessarily need to turn into permanent functions. $freec={(get-wmiobject win32_logicaldisk -filter...(read more)

Create a Read-Only PowerShell Session

The Lonely Administrator — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:10:29 GMT

In my PowerShell training class this week, I was demonstrating how to take advantage of the -Whatif and -Confirm parameters. These parameters exist (or should) for any cmdlet that changes the environment such as stopping a service, killing a process …...(read more)

Warning Signs

The Lonely Administrator — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:14:36 GMT

I was working on a project with an advanced PowerShell function. One of the goals was to take advantage of the common parameters like -ErrorVariable and -WarningVariable so that when you run the function you can save errors and warnings … Continue...(read more)