PowerShell Cmdlet of the Day Podcast

Episode 11 – Export-CSV – ConvertTo-CSV

Download the MP3 Podcast In this episode we look at how we can turn PowerShell objects into comma separated strings and files Append Example: Get-Process |select name,id |ConvertTo-Csv -NoTypeInformation |select -Skip 1 |out-file filetoappend.txt Brought to you by The Windows PowerShell Bible 2.0 and PowerShellGroup.Org

Episode 10 – Select-Object

Download the MP3 Podcast In this episode we explore all of the possibilities for one of the most used PowerShell cmdlets. Basic Example: Get-Process |select name, id Parameters discussed: First Last Skip Unique Return a string collection of the process names rather than an object with only a name property Get-Process |select -ExpandProperty Name Return the collection that exists within the access property Get-Acl |select -ExpandProperty Access Create a custom property with Name/Expression Hash Get-Process |select @{Name='Modified Name';Expression={$_.Name + "_Modified"}} Brought to you by The Windows PowerShell Bible 2.0 and PowerShellGroup.Org

Episode 9 – Out-Null

Download the MP3 Podcast In this episode we look at how you can stop the pipeline and suppress output with Out-Null. Brought to you by The Windows PowerShell Bible 2.0 and PowerShellGroup.Org

Episode 8 – Break and Continue

Download the MP3 Podcast In this episode we look at how you can use break and continue to control the flow of loops. Brought to you by The Windows PowerShell Bible 2.0 and PowerShellGroup.Org

Episode 7 – Join-Path

Download the MP3 PodcastIn this episode we look at how you can easily concatenate paths with Join-Path. $dir = 'C:\users' $child = 'tome' Join-Path $dir $child c:\users\tome Join-Path c:,d: NewDir c:\NewDir d:\NewDir Brought to you by The Windows PowerShell Bible 2.0 and PowerShellGroup.Org