From help about_quoting_rules To make double-quotation marks appear in a string, enclose the entire string in single quotation marks. For example: ‘As they say, “live and learn.”‘ The output from this command is: As they say, “live and learn.” You can also enclose a single-quoted string in a double-quoted string. For example: “As they say, … Read more
DotNetZip will allow you to do this from PowerShell. It is not a one-liner, but the library will allow you to write the PowerShell script you need. You can also use the COM interface, see Compress Files with Windows PowerShell then package a Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget. Googling “zip powershell” or “unzip powershell” might also … Read more
$currentPrincipal = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()) $currentPrincipal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator) (from Command line safety tricks)
Figured it out myself. Because Powershell works with .net objects rather than text, you need to use get-content to expose the contents of the text files. So to perform what I was trying to do in the question, use: compare-object (get-content one.txt) (get-content two.txt)
If the QuickEdit Mode and\or Insert options are checked within the console\window properties, and you click within the console, it will pause the output. If those options are not checked, the output can’t be paused by clicking within the console. To get to these settings, right-click on the PowerShell-Logo in the top-left of your terminal … Read more
is type of string you need pass to send-mailmessage a string[] type (an array): I think that not casting to string[] do the job for the coercing rules of powershell: is object[] type but can do the same job.
I want to use PowerShell to transfer files with FTP to an anonymous FTP server. I would not use any extra packages. How?
The easiest way is probably to use two parameters: One for hosts (can be an array), and one for vlan. Instead of you can use If there is only one host, the foreach loop will iterate only once. To pass multiple hosts to the script, pass it as an array: …or something similar.
If all the files exist in the same directory and can be matched by a simple pattern, the following code will combine all files into one.
EDIT: dot-sourcing the script as shown in my original answer will load the script and variables, objects, functions, etc. into the current session – this might have unintended consequences in certain circumstances. The alternative is to use the & call operator which runs the script in its own scope: The problem is you have a space in your … Read more