Creating Your First Script Summary This chapter brings you up to speed on the technical basics of PowerShell and how to use it, with a focus on the new capabilities offered in PowerShell 2.0 CTP2.

Prof. Powershell To Write Better PowerShell Scripts, Let's Get Back to Basics Let me offer a few suggestions that will make your script writing easier, more productive and less buggy. By Jeffery Hicks ...

PowerShell functions act as small, reusable building blocks of code that streamline your workflow and make your scripts more efficient. We’ll explain more about PowerShell functions and share basic ...

Learn how to pass spreadsheet values as parameters to a PowerShell script for more dynamic and functional automation.

Basic ways you can use shell scripts to monitor password strength and secret accounts. The internet ain't what it used to be back in the old days. I remember being online back when it was known as ...

That shell script that I had proudly written back in 1982 was one of a few application modules that interacted directly with the user or generated progress diagnostics. That is exactly the sort of ...

It’s easy enough to find out the basic execution sequence using strace after you run an executable shell script with said shebang in place.

Can anyone point me to a good shell script site with something that might work, or be modified to work? Anyone have suggestions otherwise?

Many people jump into PowerShell and immediately think they need to start writing scripts. That couldn't be further from the truth, and actually I believe that can be counter-productive. Without a ...