concept case in category powershell

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You also have the option of case sensitive or case insensitive splits (using –csplit and –isplit, respectively). These operators follow the same case rules as the logical and comparison operators discussed earlier:

Listing 28.7. Testing localization with Using-Culture.ps1

Param ( [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$True,` HelpMessage="Enter a new culture like de-DE")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]$culture, [Parameter(Position=1,Mandatory=$True,` HelpMessage="Enter a script block or command to run.")] [ValidateNotNullorEmpty()] [scriptblock]$Scriptblock ) Write-Verbose "Testing with culture $culture" #save current culture values $OldCulture = $PSCulture $OldUICulture = $PSUICulture #define a trap in case something goes wrong so we can revert back. #better safe than sorry trap { [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = $OldUICulture Continue } #set the new culture [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = $culture #run the command Invoke-command $ScriptBlock #roll culture settings back [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $OldCulture [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = $OldUICulture

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