Monthly Archives: February 2014

Do you understand the difference between do loops and while loops?  On the surface they appear very similar. £> do{$i++}while($i -lt 10)£> $i10 £> $i=0£> while($i -lt 10){$i++}£> $i10 BUT there is a difference £> $i=11£> do{$i++}while($i -lt 10)£> $i12 … Continue reading →

This is a common type of use for Get-ChildItem: Get-ChildItem -Path c:\temp  However, you could get files or folders returned.  Very often you just want to see the files In PowerShell 1.0 & 2.0 you had to do this: Get-ChildItem … Continue reading →

I was asked a question about deleting files from a folder based on age.  The requirement was to delete all but the youngest N files. One solution is a classic PowerShell one-liner. It is actually one PowerShell pipeline though I’ve … Continue reading →

You may have seen this at the top of scripts or modules #Requires –Version 3 This will stop the script running if the PowerShell version is 2.0 or below. Other options are available #Requires –PSSnapin      can be used to force … Continue reading →

Some times you need to reboot a remote machine as part of your process.  PowerShell provides the Restart-Computer cmdlet to perform that task: Restart-Computer -ComputerName server03 If you want you process to pause until the reboot has finished then you … Continue reading →