Threads Replies Last Post 22 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22   cmdlet, writeobject, and saving to variable My (2 input parameter) cmdlet does something and then writes a library object via WriteObject: protected override void ProcessRecord() VaultServer server = foo(); ... base.WriteObject(server); What's the correct Powershell syntax for saving this object off to a variable so i can use it later? (the first line here is incorrect) Add-VaultServer $... 2 15.05.2007 00:56:04 Powershell omitted in Vista. Why was powershell omitted in the default installation of Windows Vista? Why didn't the powershell team think of using UAC to elevate any application using powershell scripts to do certain tasks that may be virulent? And may be to have a exclusion list (list for which UAC elevation is not required even if it uses scripts) of application that uses ps scripts. And may be addition to the exclu... 22 15.05.2007 02:17:47 powershell arguments : PARAM vs ARGS ? Hi, i've got a question again : after my multiple researchs on the internet, i still don't understand the difference between the call of a function with function toto($argument1, $argument2, ...) { ... } or with function toto { param ( [string] $arguments1, [string] $arguments2) ... } Could someone explain it to me ? Than... 7 15.05.2007 01:53:40 Get_WmiObject incorrectly displays info when called twice I have the following code put together to display first the printer states of the printers on a print server, and then a list of the current print jobs. Invidiually at the PowerShell prompt the following commands work and display the data as I want them: gwmi win32_Printjob -computername PrintServerA ` | sort-object name ` | Select-object name,document,jobstatus,... 3 14.05.2007 19:36:03 Passing Empty Strings To External Commands? In cmd.exe, doing: ExternalCommand.exe " " will pass a single argument consisting a a single space to ExternalCommand. However doing the same in PSH appears to pass nothing (based on the content of the arguments array passed to Main in a test .NET console program). Spaces in the quotes are preserved if there is a non-space character (e.g. " . " is passed through including t... 4 14.05.2007 18:59:33 Powershell and cmdlet config files I just wrote my first cmdlet. It uses a config file. The first time, i: installutil mycmdlet.dll Add-PSSnapIn mycmdlet I set a breakpoint in the cmdlet, and verified that it read the config file fine. However, i made a change to the config file. I Removed the snapin, and installutil -u the dll. Rebuild the dll and config file, reinstalled it, but... it's not reading ... 4 14.05.2007 14:23:55 Newbie: filter rows with variable Hi, I want to call a .ps1 script with a parameter which is used as a parameter to limit the rows read from a file. I have tried the following: ps> list.ps1 <searchcriteria> list.ps1: gc c:\temp\test.txt | where {$_ -like "*$args*"} | sort but I cant get it to work. It does not fail but no rows are returned. What is wrong here? Also, when the parameter includes @ (e.g.... 4 14.05.2007 12:50:22 win32_product not valid I am in the process of writing a query for win32_product but the component is not installed on some of our boxes. I don't have the luxury of adding this component, is there a another way to gather installed apps on a server via powershell? Thanks in advance, ... 4 12.05.2007 22:10:55 Stderror redirect bug? I think I might have found a bug. The following command (3rd line) properly redirects the error stream to the file: copy-item *.ps1 c:\temp gci c:\temp\*.ps1 | %{$_.IsReadOnly = $true} copy-item *.ps1 c:\temp 2>&1 > foo.txt However if I now add -force, the error stream is no longer redirected to the file: copy-item *.ps1 c:\temp -force 2>&1 > foo.txt That's got to be... 5 12.05.2007 22:08:47 Wait for invoke-expression completion After an invoke-expression statement, how can you make the script wait for it to complete? My workaround for this is to the start-sleep cmdlet, with a safe time interval to ensure completion. Is there a simple, more straightforward way? - Doug ... 4 12.05.2007 20:48:59 HttpWebRequest won't work in PowerShell without a Proxy I am trying to get a web page using System.Net.HttpWebRequest. When there is no web proxy in use, it won't work. However, when there is a proxy, it works without problem. I can reproduce the problem from the command line as follows: PS C:\> $httpRequest = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create("http://www.microsoft.com") PS C:\> $x=$httpRequest.GetResponse() Exception calling "GetRe... 3 12.05.2007 17:53:45 alternatives to Console ? Hi, i'm looking for an application that could contain multiple dos (powershell) terminals into one single window, like the freeware Console : something disturbs me on this one but i don't know what. Do you know another freeware like this one ? bye Nico ... 7 12.05.2007 15:08:38 Ctrl-C on powershell Hi, is there any way to break the scripts by typing a "key group" like the "Ctrl+C" in a dos console, without closing the window ? bye Nico ... 3 12.05.2007 15:06:35 can my cmdlet/snapin have a config file? I just built a cmdlet/snapin for Powershell. it has a myCmdlet.dll.config where it's installed. However, i'm not getting anything inside the cmdlet when i do a: COnfigurationManager.AppSettings["foobar"] How do cmdlet configuration files work?... 3 12.05.2007 11:05:38 select-string to act like grep -v Does anyone know how to use select-string to print out everything except some string. ie. grep -v dontwantstring file.txt. Thanks in advance, ... 6 12.05.2007 05:59:57 -LiteralPath is a less than optimal solution The team probably already knows this but the -LiteralPath hack is *not* ideal. First when you write a script or function library you have to pick -path or -literalPath. Unless you are a psychic, you should probably pick literalPath if you think someone will ever call your function with a path containing special chars ([ ],*, etc). However that precludes the use of any wildcard charact... 10 12.05.2007 05:57:41 Tab expansion on path's with square braces is broken This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_05F9_01C7941E.30A38120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FYI, 980# dir '(2+2)+$f;{@()}`[a-z`].txt' Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'C:\MemStick\Brown Bags\Windows = PowerShell\Samples\(2+2)+$f;{@()}`[a-z`].txt' because it does not exist. At line:1 char:4 +... 1 12.05.2007 04:46:18 Start learning PS Hi as a starter, I want to create some scripts to manipulate a file or two. The idea is to script up a simple todo.txt file to add add entries (activities), change entries, search entries etc. (Like http://www.todotxt.com) I want to manipulate the file by adding commands at the commant prompt, e.g. "add <some text here>" or "list <searchcriteria>". As a "proof of concept" I w... 5 12.05.2007 02:39:49 How can you remotely instantiate a WMI class? Hello again, I have a script setup to create a printer locally using WMI, using the following code: $PRINTERCLASS = [WMICLASS]"WIN32_PRINTER" $MYPRINTER = $PRINTERCLASS.CREATEINSTANCE() I know that I can remotely hit wmi via gwmi -comp remotecomputer win32_printer, but I'm not sure how one would go about instantiating an object remotely, since there doesn't seem to be a built-in wa... 4 11.05.2007 21:57:39 Add Date and time to filename How do I add the date and time onto a filename I am generating in format somefilename20070511-0911 ? Thanks... 5 11.05.2007 21:02:14 Win32_Share OK.... this is more of a WMI question than a Powershell question... I need to verify that a share is available to "Everyone". I was using gwmi Win32_Share to do the check, but according to MSDN, the results of the GetAccessMask method "Returns the access rights to the share held by the user or group on whose behalf the instance is returned.". How do I get the Win32_Share instance for "E... 3 11.05.2007 20:49:30 Powershell Security : encrypting a script Hi In VB Script there were editors such as Systemscripter that were able to encrypt the contents of the script file. The encrypted script file could be given to someone else, and they could run the script as a normal vbs file, but if they opened the script file in notepad in would be a series of numbers and character ie. it was encrypted. Is it possible to do the same with a Powers... 15 11.05.2007 19:17:05 functions libraries Hi, could you tell me how to make a library of my own powershell functions in a separate file ? i mean : is there a way for importing some instruction in Powershell from another file, like a "using functions.ps1"? Thx Nico ... 7 11.05.2007 18:43:49 Out-File -Force doesn't seem to work as advertised This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003A_01C793B4.BC3206E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm having a bit of trouble with Out-File, from Get-Help Out-File = -detailed: -force <SwitchParameter> Overrides restrictions that prevent the command from succeeding, = just so the changes do ... 2 11.05.2007 18:18:40 You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression Does anybody know why this script is failing? I've tried to extend a script describing how to use PowerShell with the RegistryKey CLR class (inspired by http://mybsinfo.blogspot.com/2007/01/powershell-remote-registry-and-you-part.html, along with Jeffrey Snover's enhancements). I was able to reproduce the effects of that script, which enumerates subkey names and value names on a r... 2 11.05.2007 14:57:50 22 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22