This is a departure from the traditional shells like cmd and Bash. These traditional shells focused on text aka strings and while still useful, are limited in their capabilities. Nearly everything in PowerShell is an object. ...
How do I view an object's properties and methods in PowerShell?
In PowerShell, it is a simple matter to see an object's properties and methods: Just use the Get-Member cmdlet to view them. You can do this by piping the output of a cmdlet. Remember that output is an object to the Get-Member cmdlet, like this: ...
How does the where-object cmdlet work in PowerShell?
The PowerShell Where-Object cmdlet’s only goal is to filter the output a command returns to only return the information you want to see. In a nutshell, the Where-Object cmdlet is a filter; that’s it. It allows you to construct a condition that returns True or False. Depending on the result of that condition, the cmdlet then either returns ... ...
How do I create a new object in PowerShell?
To create a new object with Windows PowerShell, use the New-Item cmdlet and specify the type of item you want to create, like this: New-Item -Path '\fsSharedNewFoldernewfile.txt' -ItemType File You can use the New-Item cmdlet to create files, folders, directories and registry keys. How do I create a directory ...
