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Month: October 2024

Using Compare-Object in PowerShell

Sometimes, you have to compare specific values in your PowerShell output, and although you can stare at your screen to do that... You can also use Compare-Object. In this blog post, I will show you how it works and how it makes things a lot easier 🙂

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment October 31, 2024October 31, 2024 3 Minutes

Learning PowerShell using Microsoft Learn

This week, I posted a link to the PowerShell courses/learning paths on Microsoft Learn for PowerShell; I did that because there is so much material to learn from and use as a reference/help system. In this blog post, I will show you your options at Microsoft Learn to improve your PowerShell skills.

Harm Veenstra Learning, PowerShell Leave a comment October 26, 2024October 26, 2024 2 Minutes

Query WinGet software installer data with PowerShell

I'm a big fan of WinGet, and the software available in their ecosystem is growing daily. Still, I'm always curious about what WinGet will download and how it does the silent install of the specified software. In this blog post, I will show you an easy way of retrieving that data 🙂

Harm Veenstra PowerShell, Winget 6 Comments October 17, 2024December 21, 2025 7 Minutes

Scriptember 2024 and PSSaturday

The Scriptember 2024 event is officially over, a month of celebrating PowerShell and the community around it. In this blog post, I will talk about the events and the things I learned and enjoyed the most 🙂

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment October 10, 2024October 13, 2024 3 Minutes

Using Get-Content in PowerShell

I use Get-Content a lot (or cat, gc, and type as its alias) to display or track the contents of a file. There are different parameters for it, and in this blog post, I will show you what you can do with those 🙂

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment October 3, 2024October 3, 2024 6 Minutes

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