Windows Powershell Cookbook

by Holmes, Lee

• ISBN13: 9780596528492
• ISBN10: 0596528493
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-25
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

This book will not only teach you the essentials of the PowerShell scripting language and environment, you'll find nearly 250 tested scripts that you can use to automate an impressive variety of tasks. Ideal for those who administer Exchange 2007 and MOM v3.

Author Biography

1. Lee Holmes

   Lee Holmes is a developer on the Microsoft Windows PowerShell team, and has been an authoritative source of information about PowerShell since its earliest betas. His vast experience with Windows PowerShell lets him to integrate both the "how" and the "why" into discussions. Lee's integration with the PowerShell and administration community (via newsgroups, mailing lists, and blogs) gives him a great deal of insight into the problems faced by all levels of administrators, and PowerShell users alike.

Table of Contents

Tour
A Guided Tour of Windows PowerShell	p. 3
Fundamentals
The Windows PowerShell Interactive Shell	p. 19
Pipelines	p. 49
Variables and Objects	p. 61
Looping and Flow Control	p. 87
Strings and Unstructured Text	p. 95
Calculations and Math	p. 117
Common Tasks
Simple Files	p. 133
Structured Files	p. 147
Internet-Enabled Scripts	p. 160
Code Reuse	p. 176
Lists, Arrays, and Hashtables	p. 195
User Interaction	p. 209
Tracing and Error Management	p. 226
Environmental Awareness	p. 240
Extend the Reach of Windows PowerShell	p. 255
Security and Script Signing	p. 286
Administrator Tasks
Files and Directories	p. 309
The Windows Registry	p. 336
Comparing Data	p. 358
Event Logs	p. 362
Processes	p. 373
System Services	p. 380
Active Directory	p. 385
Enterprise Computer Management	p. 405
Manage an Exchange 2007 Server	p. 426
Manage an Operations Manager 2007 Server	p. 434
References
PowerShell Language and Environment	p. 443
Regular Expression Reference	p. 488
PowerShell Automatic Variables	p. 496
Standard PowerShell Verbs	p. 499
Selected .NET Classes and Their Uses	p. 502
WMI Reference	p. 509
Selected COM Objects and Their Uses	p. 516
.NET String Formatting	p. 519
.NET DateTime Formatting	p. 522
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