Mastering PowerShell Scripting, 5th Edition (Early Access)

✍ Scribed by Chris Dent

• Publisher: PacktPub
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 382
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Mastering PowerShell Scripting Fifth Edition can help you overcome any fears and become proficient in navigating PowerShell's capabilities. This edition includes new chapters on debugging troubleshooting and creating GUIs. You will learn about the latest features of PowerShell 7.3 including working with parameters objects and .NET classes. The book covers basic and advanced topics such as asynchronous processing desired state configuration managing large amounts of data interacting with other services and working with regular expressions and Windows Management Instrument (WMI). Discover how to efficiently use PowerShell's automation features and error-handling techniques for more complex scripts and filters.
Starting with foundational knowledge this extensive guide progresses to advanced concepts like using complex scripts and filters asynchronous processing desired state configuration debugging and error-handling techniques. You will learn how to effectively handle large data sets and interact with external services using PowerShell 7.3. Additionally you'll discover how to fully utilize PowerShell's automation capabilities including parsing data manipulating regular expressions and working with WMI using various methods

✦ Table of Contents

Mastering PowerShell Scripting, Fifth Edition: Automate repetitive tasks and simplify complex administrative tasks using PowerShell
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What is PowerShell?
The command line
PowerShell editors
Getting help
Command naming and discovery
About profile scripts
Parameters, values, and parameter sets
Introduction to providers
Introduction to splatting
Parser modes
Experimental features
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Introducing modules
Finding and installing modules
Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet
PowerShell repositories
About snap-ins
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Pipelines
Members
Enumerating and filtering
Selecting and sorting
Grouping and measuring
Comparing
Importing, exporting, and converting
Formatting
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Precedence, grouping, and sub-expressions
Unary, Binary, and Ternary operators
Arithmetic operators
Comparison operators
Regular expression-based operators
Logical operators
Bitwise operators
Assignment operators
Type operators
Redirection operators
Other operators
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Naming and creating variables
Variables in strings
Variable types
Variable commands
Variable provider
Variables scope
About arrays
About hashtables
About Ordered
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if, else, and elseif
Implicit Boolean
Switch statement
Switch, break, and continue
Loops
Loops, break, and continue
Loops and labels
Loops, Queues, and Stacks
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Assemblies
Types
The using keyword
Type accelerators
Members
Reflection in PowerShell
About Generics
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Manipulating strings
String methods and arrays
Converting strings
Manipulating numbers
Manipulating dates and times
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Regex basics
Anchors
Quantifiers
Character classes
Alternation
Grouping
Look-ahead and look-behind
The .NET Regex type
Examples of regular expressions
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Working with providers
Items
Windows permissions
Transactions
File catalog commands
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