What is a pipeline?

The pipeline in PowerShell is characterized by the | pipeline character, and, generally speaking, it connects the output of one cmdlet with the input of another. When processing pipeline input, cmdlets have two ways of accepting data from the pipeline – we will see both in action.

By observing the flow between Get and Set cmdlets, we can learn much about the pipeline, which is what this first recipe is all about.

Getting ready

Install and start PowerShell Core.

How to do it...

Perform the following steps:

1. In my opinion, the most used cmdlet...