PowerShell

Links

Windows PowerShell: Windows Scripting Crash Course

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/hh551144.aspx

Microsoft PowerShell Portal page

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/powershell.aspx

Some usefull commands

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-powershell-commands-every-windows-admin-should-know/

Almost all commands documented

http://ss64.com/ps/

Create a Config file for your PS app

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13698174/how-can-i-introduce-a-config-filel-to-powershell-scripts

PowerShell string operations

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692804.aspx

Notes

Restart a remote server from within the server

shutdown /r /f /t 0

r=restart, not just shut down

f=force close, so it does not hang

t 0 : do it now, 0 seconds

PowerShell string escape characters:

http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dd347662.aspx

`0 Null `a Alert `b Backspace `f Form feed `n New line `r Carriage return `t Horizontal tab `v Vertical tab

Getting File information

http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/01/26/use-a-powershell-cmdlet-to-work-with-file-attributes.aspx

ScriptCenter guide

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/scriptcenter/dd772285.aspx

Scripting - Many other languages than PowerShell

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/