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You're reading from Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting (Second Edition) One-stop guide to automating administrative tasks

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787126305

Length 440 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

PowerShell

Concepts

Shell Scripting

Author (1):

Chris Dent

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to PowerShell FREE CHAPTER

2. Working with PowerShell

3. Modules and Snap-Ins

4. Working with Objects in PowerShell

5. Operators

6. Variables, Arrays, and Hashtables

7. Branching and Looping

8. Working with .NET

9. Data Parsing and Manipulation

10. Regular Expressions

11. Files, Folders, and the Registry

12. Windows Management Instrumentation

13. HTML, XML, and JSON

14. Working with REST and SOAP

15. Remoting and Remote Management

16. Testing

17. Error Handling

System.Xml.Linq

The System.Xml.Linq namespace was added with .NET 3.5. This is known as LINQ to XML. Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is used to describe a query in the same language as the rest of a program. Therefore, interacting with a complex XML document does not require the use of XPath queries.

PowerShell can make use of System.Xml.Linq once the required assembly has been added:

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Xml.Linq

This can also be phrased as:

using assembly System.Xml.Linq

As a newer interface, System.Xml.Linq tends to be more consistent. The same syntax is used to create a document from scratch that is used to add elements and so on.

Opening documents

The XDocument class is used to load or parse a document. XML...

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Authors (2)

Chris Dent

Chris Dent is an automation specialist with deep expertise in the PowerShell language. Chris is often found answering questions about PowerShell in both the UK and virtual PowerShell user groups. Chris has been developing in PowerShell since 2007 and has released several modules over the years.

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Brenton J.W. Blawat

Brenton J.W. Blawat is an entrepreneur, strategic technical advisor, author, and enterprise architect, who has a passion for the procurement of technology in profit-based organizations. He is business-centric and technology-minded. Brenton has many years of experience in bridging the gap between technical staff and decision-makers in several organizations. He takes pride in his ability to effectively communicate with a diverse audience and provide strategic direction for large and small organizations alike._x000D_ In 2013, Brenton authored his first book, PowerShell 3.0 WMI Starter, Packt Publishing. In March 2015, he authored his second book Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting, Packt Publishing._x000D_ Brenton currently works at CDW as an Enterprise Architect in strategic solutions and services. CDW is a leading multibrand technology solutions provider in the fields of business, government, education, and healthcare. A Fortune 500 company, it was founded in 1984 and employs approximately 7,200 coworkers. In 2016, the company generated net sales of more than $13.0 billion._x000D_ His current specialisation sits on top of 15 years experience spread across (predominantly Microsoft) systems, (Juniper and Cisco) networking, and security.

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