| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Series |
Community experience distilled |
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Community experience distilled.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: First Steps -- Determining the installed PowerShell version -- Using the registry to find the installed version -- Using PowerShell to find the installed version -- Installing/upgrading PowerShell -- Starting a PowerShell session -- PowerShell hosts -- 64-bit and 32-bit PowerShell -- PowerShell as an administrator -- Simple PowerShell commands -- PowerShell aliases -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 2: Building Blocks -- What can you do? -- The scripter's secret weapon -- tab completion -- How does that work? -- Interpreting cmdlet syntax -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 3: Objects and PowerShell -- Objects all the way down -- Digging into objects -- Types, classes, and objects -- What are members? -- The DOS DIR command -- The IPCONFIG command -- PowerShell for comparison -- The Get-Member cmdlet -- Where did these all come from? -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 4: Life on the Assembly Line -- The pipeline as an assembly line -- This isn't your DOS or Linux pipeline -- Objects at your disposal -- Dealing with pipeline data -- The Sort-Object cmdlet -- The Where-Object cmdlet -- The Select-Object cmdlet -- Limiting the number of objects returned -- Limiting the properties of objects returned -- Retrieving the values of a single property -- The Measure-Object cmdlet -- The Group-Object cmdlet -- Putting them together -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 5: Formatting Output -- When does formatting occur? -- The rules of automatic formatting -- Formatting files -- Formatting decisions are based on the first object -- Small objects go in a table -- Large objects go in a list -- Cmdlets that control formatting -- Format-Table and Format-List -- The dangers of formatting |
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Best practices of formatting -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 6: Scripts -- Packaging commands -- Execution policy -- Types of scripts -- Scopes and scripts -- Parameters add flexibility -- Adding some logic -- Conditional logic (IF) -- Looping logic -- More logic -- Profiles -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 7: Functions -- Another kind of container -- Comparing scripts and functions -- Executing and calling functions -- Naming conventions -- Comment-based help -- Parameters revisited -- Typed parameters -- Switches -- Default values for parameters -- Output -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 8: Modules -- Packaging functions -- Script modules -- The Export-ModuleMember cmdlet -- Where do modules live? -- Removing a module -- PowerShell module autoloading -- The #Requires statement -- Removing a module -- take two -- Manifest modules -- Listing modules -- Summary -- Chapter 9: File I/O -- Reading and writing text files -- Writing text files -- Working with CSV files -- Output to CSV for quick reports -- The Invoke-Item cmdlet -- Import from CSV for quick objects -- PowerShell streams and redirection -- Other types of redirection operators -- The out-file cmdlet -- CLIXML -- a special type of XML -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 10: WMI and CIM -- What is WMI? -- WMI organization -- Finding WMI classes -- Retrieving objects with Get-WMIObject -- Getting the right instance -- WQL syntax -- Calling methods -- WMI and CIM -- The CIM cmdlets -- CDXML modules -- Summary -- For further reading -- Chapter 11: Web Server Administration -- Installing IIS -- Detecting and installing IIS in Windows 8.1 -- Detecting and installing IIS in Server 2012R2 -- Verifying IIS -- The WebAdministration module -- Starting, stopping, and restarting IIS -- Creating virtual directories and web applications |
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Working with application pools -- Creating application pools -- Summary -- For further reading -- Next Steps -- Index |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Online resource; title from cover page (Safari, viewed September 21, 2015) |
| SUBJECT |
Microsoft Windows (Computer file) -- Automation
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Microsoft Windows (Computer file) fast |
| Subject |
Windows PowerShell (Computer program language)
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Scripting languages (Computer science)
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COMPUTERS. -- Operating Systems -- Windows Server.
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COMPUTERS. -- Web -- General.
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Automation
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Scripting languages (Computer science)
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Windows PowerShell (Computer program language)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1785284908 |
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1783558504 |
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9781783558506 |
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9781472729071 |
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1472729072 |
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9781785284908 |
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