Introduction to PowerShell from perspective of unix user. Some interesting tips for PoweShell users and pointers to open source resources.

1. PowerShell from *nix user perspective
Juraj Michálek – http://georgik.sinusgear.com
2. 10. 2013
EurOpen.CZ – Vranov nad Dyjí

2. Examples @github
https://github.com/georgik/powershell-examples

3. Where's the difference?

4. Minimalistic approach?
After installing some Windows updates...

5. Change font size

6. Copy & paste text
Click & drag to select,
Enter to copy to clipboard
Right click to paste

7. Multi-line selection?

8. PowerShell ISE

9. ConEmu
http://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/

10. Text selection
Default: Shift+Click to mark and copy

11. Zoom In/Out
CTRL + mouse wheel
PowerShell ISE
ConEmu

12. Commands from CMD.EXE works

13. Unix like commands

14. Cmdlets

15. Get-Command

16. Useful shortcuts
TAB – complete/expand/suggest
Shift+Tab – previous hint/suggestion
CTRL+C – cancel current line
Up/Down – navigate in history

17. Get-Help

18. Get-Help -online

19. Redirect output to file >
Note: output files are in unicode (double characters)

20. Pipe |

21. cd

22. networkpath

23. Mathematics

24. Variables

25. Write-Host

26. Output of cmdlet to variable

27. Foreach

28. Special variables
$_ - instance piped into command
$? - true/false – success of last command
$args – parameters for function
$HOME – user's home
$LASTEXITCODE – exit code of last process

29. Compare

30. For
` indicates that command will continue on next line

31. *-Service

32. Array [ ]

33. Get-Member
E.g.: Get-Command calc | Get-Member
(Get-Command calc).Path

34. Select-String

35. -whatif

36. -confirm

37. Get-ChildItem – find files
In case of long file path: | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName >file-list.txt

38. Get-ChildItem registry

39. Out-GridView

40. Get-WmiObject
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa394084(v=vs.85).aspx

42. Stop and delete service

43. Start-up configuration
~DocumentsWindowsPowerShell
Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

44. Execution policy

45. Sample profile

46. PowerShell Integrated Script Environment

47. PowerShell 3 ISE

48. ISE + .Net
F5 – Run script

49. Run Selection
F8 – Run selection

50. Debugging
F9 – Toggle break point

51. Direct printer simulator

52. PowerGUI
http://www.powergui.org

53. Examples @github
https://github.com/georgik/powershell-examples

54. Resources
PowerShell 3
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4725.powershell-v3-guide-en-us.aspx
PowerShell tips
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848797.aspx
Cheat Sheet
http://www.cheat-sheets.org/#WindowsPowerShell
PowerShell Books
http://powershellbooks.com/
Wiki
http://wiki.ysoft.local/display/RnD - How To PowerShell

55. Juraj Michálek
2. 10. 2013