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In the olden days (i.e. when I used CMD.EXE), I often did “dir *.” to quickly get a list of the directories in the current path. PowerShell doesn’t work this way (which is good because it would be unexpected), so I had to make a replacement. function Get-Directory { ls $Args | ? { $_.PSIsContainer } } The alias which makes most sense to me for this function is “lsd”. What, that acronym is already in use?
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode This week, our Intrepid Heroes talk about News in the PowerShell world, bring you fresh Resources from the wild Internet, and share their experiences in the Tips section, with you, the Listener. Oh–and we also interview JEFFREY SNOVER! In case you don’t know who he is, he’s basically like the Thomas Edison of scripting. Interview with Jeffrey Snover And now a word from our sponsor:
I just wanted to let you know that the new podcast should be posted by Tuesday morning. We had a great interview with Jeffery Snover that you don’t want to miss!
Here’s a quick one for ya. Perfect kitchen timer. Who doesn’t have a laptop with PowerShell on it in their kitchen? 🙂 start-sleep (60*9); write-host ("`a"*4) Start-Sleep works in seconds, so you see where I've done some quick math to get nine minutes. Not sure if the ()'s were required, but they don't hurt. I didn't know the precedence of parameter parsing versus multiplication off the top of my head. Next is Write-Host with some
You could paste this into a scheduled task or something if you want an annoying reminder to pop up on your screen. :) Now if only schtasks.exe was as easy to use as PowerShell… PowerShell -NoProfile -NonInteractive -Command [reflection.assembly]::loadwithpartialname('system.windows.forms'); [system.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::show('reminder: buy milk')
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A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: News Scripting Games now open by the time you hear us! Citrix Workflow Studio “Workflow Studio, a member of the Citrix Delivery Center product family, is an IT process automation solution that enables you to compose, integrate and orchestrate rule-based workflows across your application delivery infrastructure. Workflow Studio acts as the glue across the IT infrastructure allowing administrators to easily tie technology components together via workflows that enable the system to truly operate as a dynamic delivery platform.
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode Lots of news and tips We missed Jonathan Our first contest–with actual prizes! News The PowerShell team blog brings us the news that “PowerShell continues to win awards with Redmond Magazine”™s 2008 Editor"™s “Slickest Time Saving Tool” co-winner to go along with PS"™s Best of Tech-Ed Attendees award and Best of Tech-Ed Client awards." Kirk Munro covers PowerGUI on DNR.tv .NET Rocks!
A Podcast about Windows PowerShell. Listen: In This Episode Greg and Jean “The Scripting Guys” themselves are our special guests. Head over to the Script Center! Jonathan was out with back problems. Ways to interact with us: Facebook: PowerScripting Podcast group Email: Vote or write a review for us in iTunes Leave comments on the blog See you next time!