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Summary : Create a Windows PowerShell function that accepts pipelined input and creates a variable length underline that uses various characters. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I really enjoy doing is reading the comments...
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Summary : Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney, shows how to use Windows PowerShell string techniques to create user names for Active Directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is time for PowerShell in Blueville Part 3 with Honorary...
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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell parameter attributes to avoid input errors in a function. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. This week is great. The Scripting Wife and I are enjoying meeting Windows PowerShell luminaries. I am working with a group...
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Summary: Learn Windows PowerShell cmdlet names by taking the Dr. Scripto Challenge. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife and I are on a road trip in Canada. We had a wonderful time in Toronto with Windows PowerShell MVP Sean Kearney...
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Summary : Learn two simple Windows PowerShell methods to remove the last letter of a string. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have, what should be a simple question. I need to be able to remove only the last character from a string. For example, if I have a string...
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Summary : Superhero BATCHman defeats evil Hextor and converts hexadecimal to ASCII to retrieve passwords. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sean Kearney is back again, and this time he delivers Episode 7 of the BATCHman series. Whenever trouble...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson discusses four different techniques for using Windows PowerShell to convert date formats. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. Although I am sure you hear this a lot, this problem is causing me a major problem...
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Summary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to search a folder for matching strings and to open them automatically in Notepad. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been enjoying using the Select-String cmdlet, but I have a question. When I use Select-String Read...
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Summary : Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell command to search easily for information in a collection of files. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to parse multiple files for text that are in a single folder. I hate to have to write a script for...
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Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use the Windows PowerShell tokenizer to parse text and identify commands. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. There are still five days for you to submit your entries for the 2011 Scripting...
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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson teaches how to use .NET Framework string methods from within Windows PowerShell, Hey, Scripting Guy! There are many things I need to do with strings and with text files that do not seem to be supported with Windows...
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Summary: Learn how to use .NET Framework classes to work with strings in Windows PowerShell in this Scripting Guys how-to post. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have been writing VBScript code for years. One thing I really liked about VBScript was the large number...
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Summary : Use Windows PowerShell to retrieve the power plan settings for your computer. The Microsoft Scripting Guys show you how. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to have a way to easily retrieve the power plan settings for the active power plan on my computer...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to write double quotation marks to a text file using Windows PowerShell . I know that in VBScript it was really annoying to do this because the quotation marks ended up getting confused with the quotation mark that...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to use Windows PowerShell to groom a text file by deleting extra returns and line feeds it may contain? Here is the deal. I have a file that we need to download each day. This file contains updated prices for...