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Windows Powershell Cookbook by Lee Holmes

Windows Powershell Cookbook

The Complete Guide to Scripting Microsoft's Command Shell

Lee Holmes

O'Reilly Media · Print & ebook · February 5, 2013

How do you use Windows PowerShell to navigate the filesystem, manage files and folders, or retrieve a web page?

Windows ProgrammingWindows AdministrationWindows Server
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Who it’s for
PowerShell recipes cover shell fundamentals, file tasks, web retrieval, and administration.
Themes
PowerShell scripting, Filesystem and file management, Systems and enterprise administration
Genres
Windows Administration, Windows Programming, Windows Server

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How do you use Windows PowerShell to navigate the filesystem, manage files and folders, or retrieve a web page? This introduction to the PowerShell language and scripting environment provides more than 400 task-oriented recipes to help you solve all kinds of problems. Intermediate to advanced system administrators will find more than 100 tried-and-tested scripts they can copy and use immediately.

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Updated for PowerShell 3.0, this comprehensive cookbook includes hands-on recipes for common tasks and administrative jobs that you can apply whether youâ??re on the client or server version of Windows. You also get quick references to technologies used in conjunction with PowerShell, including format specifiers and frequently referenced registry keys to selected .NET, COM, and WMI classes. - Learn how to use PowerShell on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 - Tour PowerShellâ??s core features, including the command model, object-based pipeline, and ubiquitous scripting - Master fundamentals such as the interactive shell, pipeline, and object concepts - Perform common tasks that involve working with files, Internet-connected scripts, user interaction, and more - Solve tasks in systems and enterprise management, such as working with Active Directory and the filesystem

PowerShell Task Recipes

PowerShell recipes cover shell fundamentals, file tasks, web retrieval, and administration.

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  • Task-oriented recipes for filesystem navigation and web-page retrieval
  • Scripts for common system and enterprise management tasks

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  • Coverage of PowerShell's command model and object-based pipeline
  • Quick references to registry keys and .NET, COM, and WMI classes

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Windows Administration69%
Windows Programming58%
Windows Server34%

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  • Windows Server
  • Programming Basics
  • Programming Languages
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Authors
Lee Holmes
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Published
February 5, 2013
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
PowerShell scripting · Filesystem and file management · Systems and enterprise administration
Reading lane
Windows Server