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Intro:
Alan:
Jonathan:
Working a contract for Citrix via Start-Automating
Interview:
Jan Ring
Blog
PowerShell News:
Scripting Games have taken place
PowerShell and WMI book from Richard Siddaway published
PowerShell Resources:
PoshChat
Convert Images to Text Ascii Art
Unofficial vCD Cmdlets
PowerShell code cleaner V1
Don Jones - PowerShellbooks.com
PowerShell Tips:
Escaping a Regex when using -match
PS V:> $TestError = "This is a (test)"
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PS V:> $RealError = "This is a (test)"
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PS V:> $TestError -match $RealError
False
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PS V:> $TestError -match [regex]::Escape($RealError)
True
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PS V:> $RealError = "This is a (test)"
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PS V:> $TestError -match $RealError
True
http://www.vistax64.com/powershell/199639-comparing-string-contains-parenthesis.html
Get Index of Item in an Array
Multiple Variable Assignment
PS C:> $a,$b = 'apple','pear'
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PS C:> $a
apple
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PS C:> $b
pear
or
PS C:> $a,$b = 'apple','pear','banana'
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PS C:> $a
apple
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PS C:> $b
pear
banana
PowerShell Gotcha
Chat with Hal - ValidationSet not working with tab completion, enumeration.
Function a {
Param
(
[parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[ValidateSet("Low", "Average", "High")]
[String[]]
$Detail
)
Process {
Write-Host $Detail
}
}
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