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Tag Archives: Pipeline
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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Finding Files in the Path – A Pipeline Perk
I’ve been chipping in on a forum post about finding if a given file exists in any folder within the system environmental %PATH% variable using Windows PowerShell. There are several ways you might approach this. But the best way in … Continue reading
ByValue, I Think He’s Got It
Recently I responded to an email from a student seeking clarification about the difference between ByValue and ByProperty when it comes to parameter binding. This is what makes pipelined expressions work in Windows PowerShell. When you look at cmdlet help, … Continue reading
Posted in Best Practices, PowerShell
Tagged Get-Content, Get-Service, parameter, Pipeline, PowerShell, Select-Object
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Potential Pipeline Pitfall
Last week I was helping someone out in the PowerShell forum at ScriptingAnswers.com. The specific problem is irrelevant;l however I learned something in the process that will affect how I write my own PowerShell functions from now on. Not being … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, PowerShell v2.0, Scripting
Tagged functions, Pipeline, PowerShell, ScriptBlock, Scripting
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GUI vs CLI
I often talk about using PowerShell GUIs vs the console experience. There is certainly a place for a GUI, but sometimes you need the raw power that comes with a console session. Here’s an example.
