For Chris ... for another fifteen years and more
Copyright
Brief Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
About this Book
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Before you begin
Chapter 2. Running commands
Chapter 3. Using the help system
Chapter 4. The pipeline: connecting commands
Chapter 5. Adding commands
Chapter 6. Objects: just data by another name
Chapter 7. The pipeline, deeper
Chapter 8. Formatting—and why it’s done on the right
Chapter 9. Filtering and comparisons
Chapter 10. Remote control: one to one, and one to many
Chapter 11. Tackling Windows Management Instrumentation
Chapter 12. Multitasking with background jobs
Chapter 13. Working with bunches of objects, one at a time
Chapter 14. Security alert!
Chapter 15. Variables: a place to store your stuff
Chapter 16. Input and output
Chapter 17. You call this scripting?
Chapter 18. Sessions: remote control, with less work
Chapter 19. From command to script to function
Chapter 20. Adding logic and loops
Chapter 21. Creating your own “cmdlets” and modules
Chapter 22. Trapping and handling errors
Chapter 23. Debugging techniques
Chapter 24. Additional random tips, tricks, and techniques
Chapter 25. Final exam: tackling an administrative task from scratch
Chapter 26. Beyond the operating system: taking PowerShell further
Chapter 27. Never the end
Chapter 28. PowerShell cheat sheet
Index
List of Figures
List of Tables