List of Listings

Chapter 2. PowerShell hosts

Listing 2.1. Prompt function for PowerShell profile

Chapter 3. Using the PowerShell help system

Listing 3.1. Sample help

Chapter 6. Operators

Listing 6.1. Comparing bitwise values

Chapter 9. Formatting

Listing 9.1. Demo-CustomFormat.ps1xml

Chapter 12. Working with credentials

Listing 12.1. Supporting alternative credentials in a script

Chapter 13. Regular expressions

Listing 13.1. A regex Switch example

Listing 13.2. Another regular expression Switch example

Chapter 14. Working with HTML and XML data

Listing 14.1. Creating an HTML report

Listing 14.2. ComputerData.xml

Listing 14.3. Modifying XML data

Listing 14.4. Adding the manufacturer

Listing 14.5. Adding a new element

Listing 14.6. Creating an XML document

Listing 14.7. Rename-XMLNode

Chapter 16. Variables, arrays, hash tables, and script blocks

Listing 16.1. Initial script—no testing on type

Listing 16.2. Using strict mode

Listing 16.3. Removing most typos

Listing 16.4. Removing all typos

Chapter 18. Advanced PowerShell syntax

Listing 18.1. Get-NBTName.ps1

Listing 18.2. Get-WhoamiGroups.ps1

Chapter 19. PowerShell’s scripting language

Listing 19.1. Loops

Chapter 20. Basic scripts and functions

Listing 20.1. Get-DiskInfo.ps1

Listing 20.2. Test-Connectivity.ps1

Listing 20.3. Bad-Idea.ps1

Listing 20.4. Where-LowFreeSpace.ps1

Listing 20.5. Creating a function in Tools.ps1

Listing 20.6. Creating a filter

Chapter 21. Creating objects for output

Listing 21.1. Starting commands