Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "Now instead of using a simple dir, give this command a try: Dir | Format-List."

A block of code is set as follows:

Get-WmiObject –Class Win32_OperatingSystem –ComputerName localhost | Select-Object –Property @{n="Last Boot Time";
e={[Management.ManagementDateTimeConverter]::
ToDateTime($_.LastBootUpTime)}}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

route add –p 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.254 if 12

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Next you simply press the Submit button."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.