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category: tool
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tool: powershell
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contributors:
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- ["Wouter Van Schandevijl", "https://github.com/laoujin"]
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filename: LearnPowershell.ps1
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---
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PowerShell is the Windows scripting language and configuration management framework from Microsoft built on the .NET Framework. Windows 7 and up ship with PowerShell.
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Nearly all examples below can be a part of a shell script or executed directly in the shell.
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A key difference with Bash is that it is mostly objects that you manipulate rather than plain text.
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[Read more here.](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb978526.aspx)
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```powershell
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# As you already figured, comments start with #
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# Simple hello world example:
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echo Hello world!
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# echo is an alias for Write-Output (=cmdlet)
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# Most cmdlets and functions follow the Verb-Noun naming convention
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# Each command starts on a new line, or after semicolon:
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echo 'This is the first line'; echo 'This is the second line'
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# Declaring a variable looks like this:
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$Variable="Some string"
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# Or like this:
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$Variable1 = "Another string"
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# Using the variable:
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echo $Variable
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echo "$Variable"
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echo '$($Variable + '1')'
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echo @"
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This is a Here-String
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$Variable
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"@
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# Note that ' (single quote) won't expand the variables!
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# Here-Strings also work with single quote
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# Builtin variables:
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# There are some useful builtin variables, like
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echo "Booleans: $TRUE and $FALSE"
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echo "Empty value: $NULL"
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echo "Last program's return value: $?"
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echo "Script's PID: $PID"
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echo "Number of arguments passed to script: $#"
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echo "All arguments passed to script: $Args"
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echo "Script's arguments separated into different variables: $1 $2..."
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# Reading a value from input:
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$Name = Read-Host "What's your name?"
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echo "Hello, $Name!"
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[int]$Age = Read-Host "What's your age?" |