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Tag Archives: objects
Using Types with Imported CSV Data in PowerShell
The Import-CSV cmdlet in PowerShell is incredibly useful. You can take any CSV file and pump objects to the pipeline. The cmdlet uses the CSV header as properties for the custom object. PS S:\> import-csv .\testdata.csv Date : 1/18/2012 … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell v2.0, Scripting
Tagged Import-CSV, objects, PowerShell, Scripting, Sort, Where-Object
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Friday Fun What’s My Variable
I use scriptblocks quite a bit in my PowerShell work, often saved as variables. These are handy for commands you want to run again, but don’t necessarily need to turn into permanent functions. $freec={(get-wmiobject win32_logicaldisk -filter "deviceid=’c:’" -property Freespace).FreeSpace/1mb} Now … Continue reading
Posted in Friday Fun, PowerShell
Tagged FridayFun, Get-variable, objects, PowerShell, Type, Variable
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Friday Fun – Get Ranked Object
Earlier this week on Google Plus, Hal Rottenberg posted a PowerShell idea he had. His goal was to identify a group of objects that would be statistically significant. For example, given a collection of files, group the files by size … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Scripting
Tagged functions, math, objects, Pipeline, PowerShell
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Friday Fun – Get Number Object
You most likely know that I’m all about the object and the PowerShell pipeline. Everything in PowerShell is an object. Pipe something to Get-Member and you can discover all of the object’s properties and methods (ie its members). Some objects, … Continue reading
Posted in Friday Fun, PowerShell, Scripting
Tagged Add-Member, FridayFun, functions, objects, PowerShell, Scripting
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Turning IPConfig DNSCache into PowerShell
Lately I’ve been writing about techniques to turn command line tools into PowerShell tools. Although I suppose the more accurate description is turning command line output into PowerShell pipelined output. The goal is to run a command line tool and … Continue reading
Posted in CommandLine, PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0
Tagged DNS, IPConfig, objects, PowerShell, Scripting
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