Chapter 1. Welcome to PowerShell
Figure 1.1. When you run the code from the example, this window will be displayed. If you don’t see it, it may be hidden behind another window.
Figure 1.2. This diagram shows how books can be organized in a hierarchy of classes, just as object types can be organized into classes.
Figure 1.3. When you start an interactive PowerShell session, the first thing you see is the PowerShell logo and then the prompt. As soon as you see the prompt, you can begin entering commands.
Figure 1.4. At the prompt, type dir and press Enter. PowerShell will then execute the dir command and display a list of files in the current directory.
Figure 1.5. This diagram illustrates the conventions we’re using for showing examples in this book. The code that the user enters appears to the right of the prompt. Any output generated by that command is shown on the following lines.
Figure 1.6. The PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment
Figure 1.7. This figure shows running the dir command in the PowerShell ISE. The command is entered in the bottom pane and the result of the command is shown in the output pane in the middle.
Figure 1.8. This figure shows using multiple tabs in the ISE editor. Each new file that’s opened gets its own tab. Files can be opened from the File menu or by using the psedit command in the command window, as shown.