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[string]::Join($<array>,<value>)
<object>.<member>
Object is an instance of a class
Gain refference to an object in multiple ways
$<variable1> = Get-Process
$iCount = $<variable1>.count
$var = new-object "<class>"
instantiating a class
2 parsing methods
expression mode
command mode
Export-Console
get-help export-console -full | more # example 3
add-pssnapin newPSSnapin
export-console -path NewPSSnapinConsole.psc1
powershell.exe -PsConsoleFile NewPsSnapinConsole.psc1
powershell -?
PowerShell -PSConsoleFile SqlSnapIn.Psc1
Get-PSSnapin
Get-PSSnapin -registered
Get-Help Get-P*
Get-Help About
get-help set-alias -full |more # Example 5
function CD32 {set-location c:\windows\system32}
set-alias go cd32
Set-Alias -name "gh" -value "Get-Help" -description "Custom Alias" -force -passThru
Find custom alias
Get-Alias | Where-Object {$_.Description -eq "Custom Alias"} | Select-Object name, definition,description |more
function ev1 {Get-EventLog -LogName $args[0] -Newest $args[1]}
Get-Command -commandtype function
new-alias -Name events -Value ev1 -description "Custom Alias" -passthru
events application 10
Notes
Page 80 of Powershell step by step list of special variables
$args is used by functions to create positional parameters
Some commands modify the object like format commands (format-table) you need to do any filters etc before formating.
Dynamic parmeters
Get-ChildItem cert:
Get-ChildItem cert: -recurse
Dir cert: -recurse
Get-Command get-childitem -argumentlist cert: | format-list *
Get-Command
get-command -commandtype application
get-command -commandtype externalscript
get-command export-csv -syntax
get-command -verb get
get-command -noun job
Filter vs Functions
Filters have easier access to the $_ in a pipeline than a function does.
get-command -commandtype filter
get-command -commandtype function
filter example {write-host $_.name $_.Length}
dir c:\ | example
function example2 {write-host $_.name $_.Length}
dir c:\ | example2 #this will not work
function example2 {Begin {$Input} Process {write-host $_.name $_.Length}}
dir c:\ | example2 #this will work
function example2 {Begin {$Input} Process {write-host $_.name $_.Length} End {$output}}
$var=Get-Item env:\path
$var.value
$env:path # shortcut to the 2 lines above
Get-Item env:\path
Start-Transcript
Start-Transcript -path "c:\pshell.log1.txt" -force
Start-Transcript
(get-command).count
$array= get-command
$array.count
Get-Member
Get-Help GM -full | more
Get-Help Get-Member -parameter inputobject
Get-Member -InputObject (Get-Process)
Get-Process | Get-Member
get-process |Get-Member -Membertype property
get-process |Get-Member -Membertype property s*
Get child item (dir) pipe to get-member will return 2 members you can search the SDK for these object classes
- System.IO.DirectoryInfo
- System.IO.FileInfo
gci c:\ | gm
Look at definition returned from the command bellow to know what to search SDK for.
Get-Member -input (get-item "C:\Program Files") -name getfiles
Get-Member -input (get-item "C:\Program Files") -name getfiles | Format-List
Get-Member -InputObject (Get-ChildItem)
returns an object
Get-Member -InputObject (Get-ChildItem)
returns a string
Get-Service | Get-Member
(Get-Service wuauserv).canpauseandcontinue
Get-Service wuauserv | Format-List -property name, canpauseandcontinue
Get-Service wuauserv | Format-List -property *
(Get-Service wuauserv).stop()
Get-Service wuauserv
(Get-Service wuauserv).start()
Get-Service wuauserv
$service= get-service wuauserv
$service.CanStop
New-Object
You
would use new-object when you want to do something that is not native
to powershell. Page 36 of Powershell step by step shows an ilistration
$wshShell=New-Object -ComObject "wscript.shell"
Get-Member -input $wshShell # same result as next line
$wshShell | Get-Member
$wshShell.Run("Calc.exe")
$wshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%username%")
$wshNetwork = New-Object -ComObject "wscript.network"
Get-Member -input $wshNetwork
Get-Member -input ($wshNetwork.EnumNetworkDrives())
$wshNetwork.EnumPrinterConnections(
Dereference com objects
$wshShell = $null
$wshNetwork = $null
look system.reflection.assembly in the sdk from the search look at assembly members
open windows explorer and browse to C:\WINDOWS\assembly
system.reflection is the namespace
assembly is the class
[system.reflection.assembly]::Load("System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089")
[system.reflection.assembly]::Loadwithpartialname("System.Windows.Forms")
Now that we have loaded the class that we need we can use it
Create a GUI
$form = new-object "Windows.Forms.Form"
$button = New-Object "Windows.Forms.Button"
$button.Text = "Close me"
$button.add_click({$button.backcolor=[system.drawing.color]::red})
$form.Controls.Add($button)
$form.Activate()
$form.ShowDialog()
$button.Dispose()
$form.Dispose(
Read-Host
$szresponse = read-host "Please enter your password" -AsSecureString
$szresponse