Search icon CANCEL
Subscription
0
Cart icon
Your Cart (0 item)
Close icon
You have no products in your basket yet
Save more on your purchases! discount-offer-chevron-icon
Savings automatically calculated. No voucher code required.
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting

You're reading from   Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting Master the art of automating and managing your Windows environment using PowerShell

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2015
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781782173557
Length 282 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Brenton J.W. Blawat Brenton J.W. Blawat
Author Profile Icon Brenton J.W. Blawat
Brenton J.W. Blawat
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Variables, Arrays, and Hashes FREE CHAPTER 2. Data Parsing and Manipulation 3. Comparison Operators 4. Functions, Switches, and Loops Structures 5. Regular Expressions 6. Error and Exception Handling and Testing Code 7. Session-based Remote Management 8. Managing Files, Folders, and Registry Items 9. File, Folder, and Registry Attributes, ACLs, and Properties 10. Windows Management Instrumentation 11. XML Manipulation 12. Managing Microsoft Systems with PowerShell 13. Automation of the Environment 14. Script Creation Best Practices and Conclusion Index

# commenting headers

The first recommendation is to create headers for the detailed tracking information about the PowerShell script itself. Headers can track information about the script's creation, authors, changes, and other useful information that will enable you to quickly determine what the script is doing. PowerShell has built-in block comment support, which integrates with the get-help cmdlet.

The required components for this include:

  • Comment block location: The comment block must be the first item defined at the top of your script. If you use parameter blocks, you will need to specify the parameter blocks after the comment block.
  • Start comment block: In order to integrate with the help system, you need to specify the starting of the comment block. To start a comment block, you type <#.
  • .SYNOPSIS: To create a synopsis for the script, type .SYNOPSIS on a line and then on a subsequent line, type a one line description of what the script is for.
  • .DESCRIPTION: To create a full description...
lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at $19.99/month. Cancel anytime
Banner background image