Tag Archives: Files

Renaming Files with PowerShell

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jeffery Hicks

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 →

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Get File Utilization by Extension

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Jeffery Hicks

In the past I’ve posted a few PowerShell functions that provide all types of file and folder information. The other day I had a reason to revisit one of them and I spent a little time revising and expanding. This … Continue reading →

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Content Redirection

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

Here’s another item I see in some submisstions of the 2010 Scripting Games that I felt I should address: the use of legacy console redirection. While technically not illegal or wrong, an example like this demonstrates (at least in my … Continue reading →

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PModem and Folder Listings

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Jeffery Hicks

PowerShell MVP Oisin Grehan posted a very promising PowerShell module the other day. He calls it the PModem File Transfer Protocol. It is based on the old bulletin board file transfer protocols of the late 20th century, which I have … Continue reading →

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