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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

Launching and stopping a process

All pro-terminal administrators launch and stop processes from the Terminal all of the time. This usually happens at the Terminal prompt on Bash. With PowerShell, the process is not very different. This recipe will show you how to work the processes. And by the way, this recipe is where you go on a full information fast.

Getting ready

Open Visual Studio Code. If the status bar at the bottom is blue, chances are that a folder is open in Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code saves the location it is open at, so even if you start a session of Visual Studio Code after a fresh reboot, you would still see a folder open. We need the folder closed. To do this, press Ctrl + Shift + N (or go to File...

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