The document outlines 3 tasks to practice working with processes and services in PowerShell. Task 1 creates an HTML file listing current processes and their names, IDs, VM and PM values. Task 2 exports a tab-delimited file with all services, their names, display names and statuses. Task 3 repeats Task 1 but displays the VM and PM columns in megabytes rather than bytes.

1. Unit 11 Project
(from the Official Companion Content to “Learn Windows PowerShell 3 in a Month of Lunches” and
“MoreLunches.com”)
Task 1
Create a list of running processes. The list should include only process names, IDs, VM, and PM
columns. Put the list into an HTML-formatted file named C:Procs.html. Make sure that the HTML file
has an embedded title of, “Current Processes.” Display the file in a Web browser and make sure that title
appears in the browser window’s title bar.
gps | select ProcessName,ID,VM,PM | ConvertTo-HTML -Title "Current Processes" -as List | out-file
C:Procs.html
Task 2
“`t” (backtick T inside double quotes) is PowerShell’s escape sequence for a horizontal tab. Create a tab-
delimited file named C:Services.tdf that contains all services on your computer. Include only the
services’ names, display names, and status.
gsv | selectName,DisplayName,Status|export-csv -delimiter"`t"-pathServices.tdf
Task 3
Repeat Task 1, modifying your command so that the VM and PM columns of the HTML file display
values in megabytes (MB), instead of bytes. The formula to calculate megabytes, displaying the value as a
whole number, goes something like $_.VM / 1MB –as [int] for the VM property.
PS C:UsersAdministrator>gps|selectProcessName,ID,
@{l="vm(mb)";e={[int]($_.vm/1mb)}},@{l="pm(mb)";e={[int]($_.pm/1mb)}} |ConvertTo-HTML-Title
"CurrentProcesses" -asList| out-fileC:Procs.html