Questions tagged [powershell-3.0]
Microsoft’s command-line scripting language. V 3.0, which was introduced in Windows 8 and Server 2012, supports code autocompletion (IntelliSense). Remote sessions are more reliable, and there is a bigger selection of cmdlets and built-in functions.
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Native alternative to wget in Windows PowerShell?
I know I can download and install the aformentioned library (wget for Windows), but my question is this:
In Windows PowerShell, is there a native alternative to wget?
I need wget simply to retrieve ...
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Equivalent of Linux `touch` to create an empty file with PowerShell [duplicate]
Is there an equivalent of touch in PowerShell?
For instance, in Linux I can create a new empty file by invoking:
touch filename
On Windows this is pretty awkward -- usually I just open a new instance ...
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PowerShell Get List Of Folders Shared
I am trying to get a list of folders that are shared on a file share. At the moment I have two test folders:
\\MYPC\Test1
\\MYPC\Test2
This is the code I have at the moment:
$FileServer = Read-...
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Can't install Powershell 3.0
Im trying to install powershell 3.0 on my Win7 64 bit pc, but I get the error "the update is not applicable to your computer."
After googling the error, all the solutions I see are that you need to ...
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Unable to SSH to my virtual machine via Windows Power Shell ISE
I have a Linux VM guest running in my vmWare host that I want to access using Windows PowerShell ISE. I normally can SSH to my VM, but I cannot with Windows PowerShell ISE.
When I try to do SSH to my ...
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Using make from Windows PowerShell
Under Linux, sources of projects commonly come with Makefile's. Makefiles contain directives to build these projects using the command make. I am currently forced to use Windows, and so as to be able ...
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How to run a PowerShell script from a console window when there is Å, Ä or Ö in the search path?
When I right click on a script.ps1 file and select "Run with PowerShell", a PS console window comes up, and my script can't run for some reason. So I get an error, but I can't actually read ...
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Why is the Windows Features window showing PowerShell 2.0 installed?
I'm running a Windows 8 machine. The "Windows Features" window tells my that I'm using PowerShell 2, but the PowerShell environment itself says otherwise, see screenshot below.
Why is the Windows ...
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Pick up 2 file extensions in a directory using FileSystemWatcher
I am looking to pick up only pdf and rtf files but I get a result of "true" when echoing the variable
$watcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
Write-Host "First line of the script, getting ...
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Simple batch file fails on Windows Server 2012
On a Windows 2012 Server, from a logged-in Administrator (local and domain), created a batch file "test.bat" by redirecting console input into a file:
echo Hello
When run from PowerShell cmd prompt ...
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