In order to write less code or to write better one-liners in Powershell, I often find one of these techniques useful, and let me know if you feel the same. Using -OutVariable parameter Variable squeezing Its a shame many of us ( including myself 😉 ) were not aware of this for quite long. Using Tee-Object Cmdlet… Read More 3 ways to Store & Display results in/from a Powershell variable at the same time
If you are reading this you must have used Select-object in PowerShell to select properties of an object something like Or, Where-Object cmdlet to filter out values on any specific object property like All these work well when you know the Property Name you are searching. But what if you don’t know the property name and… Read More Selecting Objects by value in Powershell
When you hit F7 in PowerShell console it brings up a command history dialog box where you can choose and run history items like in the following image But this feature doesn’t work in Powershell ISE or any other script editor. Well to the rescue following is a quick function which uses Out-GridView cmdlet to mimic… Read More Powershell Get-History+
I often see people wondering that some commands/applications launch from Windows Run (Windows Key+R) but when I try them in PowerShell console it throws an error, I know this gets frustrating at times. For example, when I try to run commands like Excel or WinWord my PowerShell console throws errors, but When I launch Notepad it just works… Read More Command discovery in Powerhell with $Env:Path
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