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Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting: Automate and manage your environment using PowerShell Core 6.0 , Third Edition

Chris Dent

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4.1 (8 Ratings)

Paperback Feb 2019 626 pages 3rd Edition

Chris Dent

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4.1 (8 Ratings)

Paperback Feb 2019 626 pages 3rd Edition

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Key benefits

Keep up with changes introduced in PowerShell Core 6.0
Easily maintain appropriate compatibility with older versions
Automate complex tasks, manipulate data, and secure your environment with PowerShell Core 6.0

Description

PowerShell scripts offer a handy way to automate various chores, however working effectively with these scripts can be a difficult task. This comprehensive guide starts with the fundamentals before moving on to advanced-level topics to help you become a PowerShell Core 6.0 expert. The first module, PowerShell Core 6.0 Fundamentals, begins with the new features of PowerShell Core 6.0, installing it on Linux, and working with parameters, objects and .NET classes from within PowerShell Core 6.0. As you make your way through the chapters, you'll see how to efficiently manage large amounts of data and interact with other services using PowerShell Core 6.0. You'll be able to make the most of PowerShell Core 6.0's powerful automation feature, where you will have different methods available to parse data and manipulate regular expressions and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). After having explored automation, you will enter the extending PowerShell Core 6.0 module, covering asynchronous processing and desired state configuration. In the last module, you will learn to extend PowerShell Core 6.0 using advanced scripts and filters, and also debug issues along with working on error handling techniques. By the end of this book, you will be an expert in scripting with PowerShell Core 6.0.

Who is this book for?

If you are a system administrator who wants to become an expert in controlling and automating your Windows environment, then Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting is for you. It is also ideal for those new to the PowerShell language.

What you will learn

Optimize code through the use of functions, switches, and looping structures
Work with objects and operators to test and manipulate data
Parse and manipulate different data types
Create scripts and functions using PowerShell
Use jobs, events, and popular public modules which assist with implementing multithreading
Write .NET classes with ease within the PowerShell
Create and implement regular expressions in PowerShell scripts
Make use of advanced techniques to define and restrict the behavior of parameters

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Product Details

Publication date : Feb 28, 2019

Length: 626 pages

Edition : 3rd

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781789536669

Category :

Business & Other

Languages :

PowerShell

Concepts :

Workflow Automation

Tools :

Linux

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26 Chapters

Section 1: Exploring PowerShell Fundamentals

Introduction to PowerShell

Technical requirements

What is PowerShell?

PowerShell editors

Getting help

Command naming and discovery

Parameters and parameter sets

Introduction to providers

Introduction to splatting

Summary

Modules and Snap-ins

Introducing modules

PowerShell Core and the WindowsCompatibility module

Introducing snap-ins

Summary

Working with Objects in PowerShell

Pipelines

Members

Enumerating and filtering

Selecting and sorting

Grouping and measuring

Comparing

Importing, exporting, and converting

Operators

Regular expression-based operators

Binary operators

Logical operators

Type operators

Redirection operators

Other operators

Summary

Section 2: Working with Data

Variables, Arrays, and Hashtables

Naming and creating variables

Variable commands

Variable provider

Variable scope

Type and type conversion

Objects assigned to variables

Arrays

Hashtables

Lists, dictionaries, queues, and stacks

Summary

Branching and Looping

Conditional statements

Loops

Branching and assignment

Working with .NET

Properties and methods

Strings, Numbers, and Dates

Manipulating strings

Converting strings

Manipulating numbers

Converting strings into numeric values

Manipulating dates and times

Regular Expressions

Examples of regular expressions

Summary

Files, Folders, and the Registry

Working with providers

Windows Management Instrumentation

HTML, XML, and JSON

Web Requests and Web Services

Technical requirements

Section 3: Automating with PowerShell

Remoting and Remote Management

Technical requirements

The double-hop problem

CIM sessions

Summary

Asynchronous Processing

Working with jobs

Reacting to events

Using Runspaces and Runspace pools

Summary

Section 4: Extending PowerShell

Scripts, Functions, and Filters

Introducing scripts, functions, and filters

Begin, process, and end

Param, parameters, and CmdletBinding

ShouldProcess and ShouldContinue

Summary

Parameters, Validation, and Dynamic Parameters

The Parameter attribute

Validating input

Pipeline input

Defining parameter sets

Argument-completers

Dynamic parameters

Summary

Classes and Enumerations

Defining an enumeration

Creating a class

Argument-transformation attribute classes

Validation attribute classes

Classes and DSC

Summary

Building Modules

Technical requirements

Module layout

Multi-file module layout

Module scope

Initializing and removing modules

Summary

Testing

Technical requirement

Error Handling

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About the author

Chris Dent

Chris Dent is an automation specialist with deep expertise in the PowerShell language. Chris is often found answering questions about PowerShell in both the UK and virtual PowerShell user groups. Chris has been developing in PowerShell since 2007 and has released several modules over the years.

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