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PowerShell Cheat Sheet / Quick Reference
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| # Conditional Statements | |
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| if (1 -eq 1) { } # Do something if 1 is equal to 1 | |
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| # Variables | |
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| $a = 0 # Initialize a variable | |
| [int] $a = 'Trevor' # Initialize a variable, with the specified type (throws an exception) | |
| [string] $a = 'Trevor' # Initialize a variable, with the specified type (doesn't throw an exception) | |
| Get-Command -Name *varia* # Get a list of commands related to variable management | |
| Get-Variable # Get an array of objects, representing the variables in the current and parent scopes | |
| Get-Variable | ? { $PSItem.Options -contains 'constant' } # Get variables with the "Constant" option set | |
| Get-Variable | ? { $PSItem.Options -contains 'readonly' } # Get variables with the "ReadOnly" option set | |
| New-Variable -Name FirstName -Value Trevor | |
| New-Variable FirstName -Value Trevor -Option Constant # Create a constant variable, that can only be removed by restarting PowerShell | |
| New-Variable FirstName -Value Trevor -Option ReadOnly # Create a variable that can only be removed by specifying the -Force parameter on Remove-Variable | |
| Remove-Variable -Name firstname # Remove a variable, with the specified name | |
| Remove-Variable -Name firstname -Force # Remove a variable, with the specified name, that has the "ReadOnly" option set | |
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| # Functions | |
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| # A PowerShell Advanced Function, with all three blocks declared: BEGIN, PROCESS, END | |
| function Do-Something { | |
| [CmdletBinding]()] | |
| param () | |
| begin { } | |
| process { } | |
| end { } | |
| } | |
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| # Modules | |
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| Get-Command -Module PowerShellGet # Explore commands to manage PowerShell modules | |
| Find-Module -Tag cloud # Find modules in the PowerShell Gallery with a "cloud" tag | |
| Find-Module -Name ps* # Find modules in the PowerShell Gallery whose name starts with "PS" | |
| Install-Module -Name NameIT -Scope CurrentUser -Force # Install a module to your personal directory (non-admin) | |
| Install-Module -Name NameIT -Force # Install a module to your personal directory (admin / root) | |
| Uninstall-Module -Name NameIT # Uninstall module called "NameIT", only if it was installed via PowerShell Gallery | |
| Register-PSRepository -Name <repo> -SourceLocation <uri> # Configure a private PowerShell module registry |
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