Tip: You can read the content of a file as a byte array.
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# Solution 1 Get-Content -Path 'C:\Demo\test.txt' -Encoding Byte # Solution 2 [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('C:\Demo\test.txt') |
Tip: You can use the PassThru parameter to send the selected items from the window down the pipeline with the Out-GridView cmdlet. In other words, with the PassThru parameter the GUI window will get two buttons : OK and Cancel. Without -PassThru With -PassThru If you select the calc.exe line and press Ctrl key to select also… Read More »
Tip: You can set a title when using the Out-GridView cmdlet. It can be useful in cases you have multiples windows open to compare them.
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Get-Process | Out-GridView -Title Before Get-Process | Out-GridView -Title After |
Tip: You can combine two paths using the Join-Path cmdlet.
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$parentFolder = "C:\Demo" $childFolder = "Reports" Join-Path -Path $parentFolder -ChildPath $childFolder |
====== Documentation Join-Path
Tip: You can add certificates to Personal, Root and Intermediate stores (LocalMachine) Personal
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# Personal $pathPersonalCertificate = 'C:\Demo\Personal.cer' $certificateStore = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Store -ArgumentList My, LocalMachine $certificateStore.Open('ReadWrite') $certificateStore.Add($pathPersonalCertificate) $certificateStore.Close() |
====== Root
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# Root $pathRootCertificate = 'C:\Demo\Root.cer' $certificateStore = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Store -ArgumentList Root, LocalMachine $certificateStore.Open('ReadWrite') $certificateStore.Add($pathRootCertificate) $certificateStore.Close() |
====== Intermediate
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# Intermediate $pathIntermediateCertificate = 'C:\Demo\Intermediate.cer' $certificateStore = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Store -ArgumentList CA, LocalMachine $certificateStore.Open('ReadWrite') $certificateStore.Add($pathIntermediateCertificate) $certificateStore.Close() |
====== MSDN StoreLocation Enumeration StoreName Enumeration
Tip: You can convert tickets to datetime and vice versa. Convert ticks to datetime
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# Solution 1 Get-Date -Date 636170048303904297 # Solution 2 [datetime]636170048303904297 |
Convert datetime to ticks
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# Solution 1 [datetime]::Now.Ticks # Solution 2 (Get-Date).Ticks # Solution 3 (Get-Date -Date '12/10/2016 10:13:50 PM').Ticks |
Tip: You can get the midnight time :
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# Solution 1 $midnight = Get-Date -Hour 0 -Minute 0 -Second 0 # Solution 2 $midnight = [datetime]::Today |
Tip: You can omits/eliminates the members of a group from the results using the parameter -NoElement from Group-Object cmdlet This is an example to show the difference with/without.
Tip: You need to wait until the EMC Avamar Backup client finishes the backup. An easy way to do that is to check if the processes avtar and avvss are running.
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do { Start-Sleep -Seconds 1 } while (Get-Process -Name avtar, avvss -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) |
Tip: You can use the cmdlet New-TimeSpan to convert days, hours, minutes, seconds. Convert days : New-TimeSpan -Days 1 Convert hours : New-TimeSpan -Hours 24 Convert minutes : New-TimeSpan -Minutes 1440 Convert seconds : New-TimeSpan -Seconds 86400