LinuxCBT PowerShell Edition

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Instructor: Dean Davis

PowerShell - Windows Scripting Environment - Module VI

Features & Basics

Discuss requirements & key features

Explore environment

Perform basic functions

Compare & contrast with Linux | Unix $SHELLs

Prepare for usage

Common Command-Lets

Discuss applicability

Identify cmdlets in the environment

Use various cmdlets for common tasks

Evaluate results

Pipes & File IO

Highlight importance of pipes

Expose object data via pipes

Interact with files using IO mechanisms

Parse data accordingly

Evaluate results

Profile Management & Aliases

Identify various profile configurations

Define profile-specific values

Apply to user & system scopes

Identify predefined aliases & discuss

Create aliases for common reference

Evaluate resutls

Conditions & Loops

Peruse conditional syntax

Generate conditions for common scenarios

Branch code accordingly

Explore supported looping mechanisms

Write loops to process data

Regular Expressions (RegExes)

Discuss applicability

Enumerate useful metacharacters

Perform matches as needed

Filter data and evaluate

Service | Process Management

Discuss capabilities

Identify key cmdlets and execute

Parse services | processes for state information

Interrogate services | processes on-demand

Compare with GUI environment

Highlight benefits

Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)

Discuss features & beneftis

Explore GUI interface

Execute commands on-demand

Author simple scripts

Evaluate results

PowerShell Scripts

Check services via script

Confirm CLI positional parameters

Mass Copy | Move files based on criteria

Normalize files with desired delimiters

Evaluate results

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