December 2010 - Windows PowerShell Team Blog

  • Same Command. Different Return Types.

    My command seems to behave differently depending on how many items were returned. This is something that the PowerShell Team hears from the community or our internal partners every couple of weeks. This blog post will explain when a Windows PowerShell command returns different types and offer some reasons for why it is done this way. In general, Windows PowerShell commands can return one of three things...
  • The Great Dollar Dollar

    No, I’m not talking about our newest rap single. I’m talking about PowerShell’s most hidden gem. The one you can show to most members of even the PowerShell team, and have them gasp – “oh, that’s cool ! I gotta remember that!” And it’s not even for lack of documentation! Here are the first few lines of Get-Help about_automatic_variables : PS>Get-Help about_automatic_variables TOPIC    ...
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