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PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook

You're reading from   PowerShell Core for Linux Administrators Cookbook Use PowerShell Core 6.x on Linux to automate complex, repetitive, and time-consuming tasks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789137231
Length 566 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ram Iyer Ram Iyer
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Prashanth Jayaram Prashanth Jayaram
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing PowerShell Core 2. Preparing for Administration Using PowerShell FREE CHAPTER 3. First Steps in Administration Using PowerShell 4. Passing Data through the Pipeline 5. Using Variables and Objects 6. Working with Strings 7. Flow Control Using Branches and Loops 8. Performing Calculations 9. Using Arrays and Hashtables 10. Handling Files and Directories 11. Building Scripts and Functions 12. Advanced Concepts of Functions 13. Debugging and Error Handling 14. Enterprise Administration Using PowerShell 15. PowerShell and Cloud Operations 16. Using PowerShell for SQL Database Management 17. Using PowerShell with Docker 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Handling module cleanup

In the case of a simple script module, you may not necessarily need to handle module cleanup. However, when you write more complex modules, it is necessary that the module members be cleaned up when the module is removed.

Set up the cleanup of the custom module you created in the previous recipe, Writing a script module; simply write a host output stating that the module has been cleaned up. The cleanup should take place upon invoking Remove-Module. You also need to ensure that the the module cleanup happens, even if the PowerShell session is terminated without invoking Remove-Module.

How to do it...

Add the following block to the end of your module file and save the file:

$MyInvocation.MyCommand.ScriptBlock...
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