December 28, 2008 at 17:34A free book on PowerShell is available for download in Russian
I cannot but share the good news that my colleague Andrei Beshkov spoke about in his blog . Unfortunately, he does not have a blog on the hub; therefore, I will allow myself to tell you about this event for him :) I think the audience of the hub will be very interesting and useful to hear about it.
Some chapters of the book:
- The first impression of Windows PowerShell
- Advanced output: pipelines
- Introductory exercises with Windows PowerShell objects
- Working with processes
- Output to TXT, CSV or XML files You can
download the book here
Full table of contents under cat:
First impression of Windows PowerShell ................................................. ..............5
Advanced output options: pipelines ............................................. ........... 7
Introductory exercises with Windows PowerShell objects ................................ ............... 8
Working with processes ............................... .................................................. .......... 8
Output to TXT, CSV or XML files .............................. ................................. 9
Output in color ............. .................................................. .................................... 10
Testing conditions using the if ....... .................................................. ... 11
HTML output .......................................... .................................................. .12
Work with files ............................................... ................................................ 15
Search information about objects using Get-Member ... 16
Deleting files ... 18
Creating folders .................................. .................................................. ............. 19
If you have time ... .............................. .................................................. ....... 21
Windows PowerShell as a machine for processing arbitrary objects ... 23
WMI objects ... 23
Working with .NET and XML objects ... 25
Working with COM objects ... 26
Working with message logs ......... .................................................. ................ 29
Scenarios-solutions to the exercises in this book .......................................... ............ 30
Examples of Windows PowerShell - from simple to complex ... 33
Theoretical principles of Windows PowerShell ... 35
Windows PowerShell - a brief introduction ... 35
Windows PowerShell development goals ... 35
About text, text parsing and objects ... 35
A new scripting language ... 36
Windows commands and utilities ... 37
Interactive environment ... 37
Scripting support ... 37
CMD, WScript, or PowerShell? What to choose? ... 37
Windows PowerShell 1.0 .......................................... ............................................ 38
Safety when using scripts .............................................. ............. 39
Some chapters of the book:
- The first impression of Windows PowerShell
- Advanced output: pipelines
- Introductory exercises with Windows PowerShell objects
- Working with processes
- Output to TXT, CSV or XML files You can
download the book here
Full table of contents under cat:
First impression of Windows PowerShell ................................................. ..............5
Advanced output options: pipelines ............................................. ........... 7
Introductory exercises with Windows PowerShell objects ................................ ............... 8
Working with processes ............................... .................................................. .......... 8
Output to TXT, CSV or XML files .............................. ................................. 9
Output in color ............. .................................................. .................................... 10
Testing conditions using the if ....... .................................................. ... 11
HTML output .......................................... .................................................. .12
Work with files ............................................... ................................................ 15
Search information about objects using Get-Member ... 16
Deleting files ... 18
Creating folders .................................. .................................................. ............. 19
If you have time ... .............................. .................................................. ....... 21
Windows PowerShell as a machine for processing arbitrary objects ... 23
WMI objects ... 23
Working with .NET and XML objects ... 25
Working with COM objects ... 26
Working with message logs ......... .................................................. ................ 29
Scenarios-solutions to the exercises in this book .......................................... ............ 30
Examples of Windows PowerShell - from simple to complex ... 33
Theoretical principles of Windows PowerShell ... 35
Windows PowerShell - a brief introduction ... 35
Windows PowerShell development goals ... 35
About text, text parsing and objects ... 35
A new scripting language ... 36
Windows commands and utilities ... 37
Interactive environment ... 37
Scripting support ... 37
CMD, WScript, or PowerShell? What to choose? ... 37
Windows PowerShell 1.0 .......................................... ............................................ 38
Safety when using scripts .............................................. ............. 39