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Learn PowerShell Core 6.0

You're reading from   Learn PowerShell Core 6.0 Automate and control administrative tasks using DevOps principles

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788838986
Length 552 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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David das Neves David das Neves
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Jan-Hendrik Peters Jan-Hendrik Peters
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Preface 1. Current PowerShell Versions FREE CHAPTER 2. PowerShell ISE Versus VSCode 3. Basic Coding Techniques 4. Advanced Coding Techniques 5. Writing Reusable Code 6. Working with Data 7. Understanding PowerShell Security 8. Just Enough Administration 9. DevOps with PowerShell 10. Creating Your Own PowerShell Repository 11. VSCode and PowerShell Release Pipelines 12. PowerShell Desired State Configuration 13. Working with Windows 14. Working with Azure 15. Connecting to Microsoft Online Services 16. Working with SCCM and SQL Server 17. PowerShell Deep Dives 18. PowerShell ISE Hotkeys 19. Assessments 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Commands and parameters


First of all, we need to clarify about the different naming conventions around commands. You have probably heard of Cmdlets, which technically refer to the compiled commands written in C#. In addition, there exist functions which are script-based commands and commands as  the regular commands used in PowerShell. A best practice is to use a combination of a verb, which describes an action, and a noun, describing an object or type. As an introduction, you should try to use the following cmdlets in VSCode. These cmdlets are the most basic ones, and you will probably use them daily:

#Example of a cmdlet
# Do-Something
# Verb-Noun

#Retrieving Help and examples
Get-Help

#Retrieves all commands 
Get-Command

#Shows full help about the cmdlet Get-Command
Get-Help Get-Command -Detailed

#Downloads and updates the help on this computer - needs Admin rights
Update-Help

#Shows typical example for the cmdlet Get-Command
Get-Help Get-Service -Examples

#All command containing...
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