Category Archives: PowerShell v2.0

Ping IP Range

Last week I came across a post on using PowerShell, or more specifically a .NET Framework class, to ping a range of computers in an IP subnet. The original post by Thomas Maurer is here. I added a comment. And … Continue reading

Posted in PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0 | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Turning CLI Tools into PowerShell Tools Deep Dive Demos

Last week I did a presentation at the PowerShell Deep Dive in Frankfurt about turning command line tools into PowerShell tools. A video recording should be posted later. But in the meantime, here is a copy of my slide deck, … Continue reading

Posted in CommandLine, Conferences, PowerShell v2.0 | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Scenes from the Powershell Deep Div…

Scenes from the Powershell Deep Dive in Frankfurt as part of The Experts Conference. This was posted on Google+…

Posted in Conferences, Google Plus, PowerShell v2.0 | Leave a comment

Renaming Files with PowerShell

I am not a big fan of file names with spaces. I realize they are easy to read and obviously much more “natural”, but they are simply a royal pain to deal with, especially when working from a command prompt … Continue reading

Posted in PowerShell v2.0, Scripting | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Compress Files By Extension

I never seem to build my test virtual machines with enough disk space. Which means at some point I start dealing with space issues and resort to all sorts of hacks to buy myself a little time. One thing I … Continue reading

Posted in PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, WMI | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments