Look, I’ll be honest with you. When I first started working with PowerShell, the comparison operators threw me off a bit. Coming from other languages, I expected to see the familiar > symbol. But PowerShell does things differently, and once you get the hang of it, it actually makes a lot of sense. Today, I’m … Read more
One of my team members was trying to check if a process is running in their system. PowerShell is best suitable for this. Today, I’m going to show you exactly how to check if a process is running using PowerShell. We’ll start with the basics and work our way up to some really practical examples … Read more
If you’ve been using PowerShell for a while and stumbled across a ? symbol in someone’s script — and had no idea what it was doing. The question mark in PowerShell is one of those things that looks confusing at first but makes your scripts much cleaner once you understand it. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you … Read more
If you’ve been writing PowerShell scripts for a while, you’ve probably typed something like $i++ inside a loop. That little ++ is a unary operator in PowerShell. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through every PowerShell unary operator with practical examples you can use right away. What Is a Unary Operator in PowerShell? Most operators in PowerShell work on … Read more
If you’ve been writing PowerShell scripts for a while, you already know the if/else statement like the back of your hand. It works, it’s readable, and it gets the job done. But sometimes you just want to check a condition and assign a value — without writing five lines of code for something that should take one. … Read more
Are you working with CSV files in PowerShell, if yes, this tutorial might be helpful to you. Today, I’m going to walk you through everything you need to know about using Import-CSV with foreach loops in PowerShell with some practical examples. Here’s what you’ll learn: Why Bother With Import-CSV and Foreach? Think about it. How … Read more
You’re working on your computer, and a program freezes. Or maybe you need to stop a process before running a script. Whatever the reason, you would like to know how to kill a process in PowerShell if it is running. I’ll walk you through everything you need to know about killing processes in PowerShell if … Read more
If you’ve been using PowerShell for a while, you’ve probably noticed it remembers every command you’ve typed. That’s usually handy—until it’s not. Maybe you accidentally typed a password in plain text. Or perhaps your history is so cluttered you can’t find anything useful anymore. Whatever the reason, clearing your PowerShell history is simpler than you … Read more
If you’ve been working with PowerShell for a while, you’ve probably run into situations where you need to see what properties an object has. Today, I’m going to walk you through everything you need to know about getting all properties of an object in PowerShell. We will see different methods with examples. When you run … Read more
If you’ve been working with PowerShell for a while, you’ve probably run into situations where you need to combine multiple strings into one. Maybe you’re creating file paths, building commands, or just formatting output for a report. Today, I’m going to show you exactly how to join arrays of strings in PowerShell. And trust me, … Read more
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