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Mastering PowerShell Scripting - Fifth Edition: Automate repetitive tasks and simplify complex administrative tasks using PowerShell
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Operating SystemsSystem Administration
ISBN13: 9781805120278
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Published: May 24 2024
Pages: 826
Weight: 3.07
Height: 1.64 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Use PowerShell to save time and reduce the potential for human error by writing scripts that automate the execution of tasks
Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook.
Key Features:
- Practical guide to using PowerShell as a programming language for automation and scripting
- Insights into leveraging PowerShell's built-in features for efficient day-to-day automation
- Strategies for automating complex tasks, managing data, and strengthening environment security
Book Description:
Mastering PowerShell Scripting, Fifth Edition, is your comprehensive guide to harnessing PowerShell's full potential. This edition introduces new chapters on debugging, troubleshooting, and creating GUIs while covering the latest enhancements in PowerShell 7.3, including parameters, objects, and .NET classes.
The book takes you from foundational concepts to advanced techniques, covering asynchronous processing, desired state configuration, and managing large datasets. You'll explore PowerShell's automation features, error-handling strategies, and integration with external services. Additionally, this guide provides practical insights into working with regular expressions, Windows Management Instrumentation, and complex scripting methods.
By the end of this book, you'll have the skills to efficiently automate tasks, troubleshoot scripts, and leverage PowerShell's advanced capabilities for real-world scenarios.
What You Will Learn:
- Create scripts that run across systems for automation
- Extend PowerShell by integrating it with other languages
- Use PowerShell's command-line interface for efficient operations
- Develop reusable scripts and functions to streamline tasks
- Apply PowerShell for administration, automation, and data processing
- Integrate with .NET, COM, and WMI for advanced functionality
- Work with XML, JSON, and CSV for structured data handling
- Build custom modules and cmdlets to enhance scripting
Who this book is for:
This book is for system administrators who want to automate and speed up their processes using PowerShell and Windows PowerShell. You'll need to know the basics of operating systems, but beginners with no prior experience with PowerShell will have no trouble following along.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to PowerShell
- Modules
- Variables, Arrays, and Hashtables
- Working with Objects in PowerShell
- Operators
- Conditional Statements and Loops
- Working with .NET
- Strings, Numbers, and Dates
- Regular Expressions
- Files, Folders, and the Registry
- Windows Management Instrumentation
- Working with HTML, XML, and JSON
- Web Requests and Web Services
- Remoting and Remote Management
- Asynchronous Processing
- Graphical User Interfaces
- Scripts, Functions, and Script Blocks
- Parameters, Validation, and Dynamic Parameters
- Classes and Enumerations
- Building Modules
- Testing
- Error Handling
- Debugging
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