Windows Classroom Series – 24/Sept/2020

Updating the Docs

• Update the Docs using the cmdlet

Update-Help

DataTypes

• Boolean: $true or $false
• Numeric data types:
• Strings

Objects:

• Everything in Powershell is object.
• Object will have Methods, Properties

$purpose = 'Learning'
Select-Object -InputObject $purpose -Property *
$purpose.Length

• Get-Members

$purpose = 'Learning'
Get-Member -InputObject $purpose
Get-Member -InputObject $purpose -Name Remove
$purpose.Remove(0,1)

Arrays

• Launch Powershell and execute

$superHeros = @('IronMan', 'Thor', 'Hulk', 'CaptianAmerica')

Topics to be spoken later

• ArrayList
• HashTable
• CustomObject

Pipeline for Commands in Powershell

• Pipeline is passing the output of one command to other

<cmd-a>|<cmd-b>
Output of command a will be input to cmd b

• In Linux shell the output of command is sent as text to cmd-b, In Powershell the whole object is sent.

Get-Service 'PrintNotify' | Start-Service
Get-Service 'PrintNotify' | Stop-Service

• Lets Create a text file