PowerShell has made it dead simple to automate all kinds of things. However, its simplicity can be deceiving. PowerShell takes the complexity out of script writing but unless you're writing a ...

You need to package up a bunch of files, send them somewhere, and do something with them at the destination. It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar ...

On Windows 11 (and Windows 10), PowerShell is a powerful command-line interface designed to run commands and scripts that automate tasks and manage system settings. While it serves a similar purpose ...

The command-line interface (CLI) is the cornerstone of interacting with the Linux operating system. It allows users to enter commands directly, offering greater control and flexibility compared to ...

Shell scripting is one of those skills that are absolutely invaluable on especially UNIX and BSD-based systems like the BSDs, the two zillion Linux distributions as well as MacOS. Yet not every shell ...

What is PowerShell? Microsoft PowerShell is a powerful administrative tool that can help you automate tasks for your computer and network.

Wouldn't it be cool if PowerShell could automatically write scripts so that you didn't have to? Believe it or not, it is possible. Of course the old saying that if something sounds too good to be true ...

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...

I have a request for you shell hackers out there. I would like to do a pattern match & rename on a large number of files, and need some help figuring out how to do it. The deal is, I have a huge ...

An excellent PowerShell script is easy to troubleshoot when something goes wrong. When developing scripts, it's important to not just consider "working" a symbol of success but also that you have ...