Windows PowerShell Step by Step
[Pages:115]// Step by step Windows PowerShell
Third Edition
Ed Wilson
Intermediate
Windows PowerShell Step by Step, Third Edition
Ed Wilson
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Contents at a glance
CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 22
Introduction
xix
Overview of Windows PowerShell 5.0
1
Using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
23
Understanding and using Windows PowerShell providers 65
Using Windows PowerShell remoting and jobs
109
Using Windows PowerShell scripts
137
Working with functions
179
Creating advanced functions and modules
217
Using the Windows PowerShell ISE
259
Working with Windows PowerShell profiles
275
Using WMI
291
Querying WMI
313
Remoting WMI
341
Calling WMI methods on WMI classes
361
Using the CIM cmdlets
375
Working with Active Directory
395
Working with the AD DS module
431
Deploying Active Directory by using Windows PowerShell 459
Debugging scripts
473
Handling errors
511
Using the Windows PowerShell workflow
547
Managing Windows PowerShell DSC
565
Using the PowerShell Gallery
581
Appendix A: Windows PowerShell scripting
best practices
591
Appendix B: Regular expressions quick reference
599
Index
603
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
Chapter 1 Overview of Windows PowerShell 5.0
1
Understanding Windows PowerShell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Using cmdlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Installing Windows PowerShell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Deploying Windows PowerShell to down-level operating systems . . 3
Using command-line utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Security issues with Windows PowerShell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Controlling execution of Windows PowerShell cmdlets . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Confirming actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Suspending confirmation of cmdlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Working with Windows PowerShell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Accessing Windows PowerShell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Configuring the Windows PowerShell console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Supplying options for cmdlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Working with the help options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Exploring commands: Step-by-step exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 1 quick reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 2 Using Windows PowerShell cmdlets
23
Understanding the basics of cmdlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Using the Get-ChildItem cmdlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Obtaining a directory listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Formatting a directory listing by using the Format-List cmdlet . . . 26
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