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PowerShell Articles
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How to use PowerShell Break statement with the Switch command?
In Switch command, when the single value passed and if it matches the condition then the loop gets automatically exited but when there are multiple values passed and if the value matches the first condition and if you want to terminate the loop then you can use the Break statement. An example is given below.ExampleSwitch (3,5){ 1 {"This is One"} 2 {"This is Two"} 3 {"This is Three"; Break} 4 {"This is Four"} 5 {"This is Five"; Break} }OutputThis is ThreeYou can notice in the above output that second parameter 5 won’t be executed because the 3 has already been executed with the break statement.
Read MoreHow to use PowerShell Break statement with the While Loop?
You can use the break statement with both the While loop and the Do-While loop.To use the Break with a while loop, see the example below.Example$i = 1 While($i -ne 10){ Write-Output $i if($i -eq 5){break} $i++ }Output1 2 3 4 5In the above example, the loop terminates when the value of the variable $i reaches 5 because the Break statement is executed.You can also use the break in the nested While loop, here we will take two examples of the nested loop. First when the break is placed outer loop and second when the break is placed in the inner ...
Read MoreHow to copy files/folders to the remote location in the PowerShell?
To copy files or folders to or from the remote location, you need to provide the UNC path of the items. For example, here we are going to copy a file from the local computer to a remote computer called Test-PC.Copy-Item D:\Temp\PowerShellcommands.csv -Destination \Test- PC\Sharedpath\PScommands.ps1 -PassThruHere, file PowerShellcommands.csv is copied to the remote computer and renamed it with PSCommands.ps1You can also copy files from the one shared location to another shared location.For example, Copy-Item \Test-PC1\D$\PowerShellcommands.csv -Destination \Test- PC\Sharedpath\PScommands.ps1 -PassThruThere is another way to copy items to the remote location is, you can use the ToSession parameter. To use the ToSesssion ...
Read MoreHow to copy readonly and hidden files/folders in the PowerShell?
To copy the readonly and hidden items from one location to another, you need to use the –Force parameter with Copy-Item cmdlet.When you run the command without Force parameter for the readonly/hidden files, you will get the error. An example is given below.ExampleCopy-Item D:\Temp\Readonlyfile.txt -Destination D:\TempContent\OutputPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Copy-Item D:\Temp\Readonlyfile.txt -Destination D:\TempContent\ Copy-Item : Access to the path 'D:\TempContent\Readonlyfile.txt' is denied. At line:1 char:1 + Copy-Item D:\Temp\Readonlyfile.txt -Destination D:\TempContent\ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (D:\Temp\Readonlyfile.txt:FileInfo) [Copy-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CopyFileInfoItemUnauthorizedAccessError, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommandWhen you add the –Force parameter in the cmdlet, it can copy the readonly/ hidden files as ...
Read MoreHow to copy folder contents in PowerShell with –Recurse parameter?
To copy the contents of the folder to the destination folder in PowerShell, you need to provide the source and destination path of the folder, but need to make sure that you need to use a wildcard (*) character after the source path, so the entire folder content gets copied.If you provide only source folder without (*), only folder name gets copied without its contents. We also need to make sure both source and destination folder exists.ExampleCopy-Item -Path D:\Temp\ -Destination D:\TempContent -PassThruOutputWhen you use the above command, you will see the output will be none, because there is no (*) ...
Read MoreHow to copy multiple files in PowerShell using Copy-Item?
To copy the multiple files in PowerShell, you need to separate each file with the comma (,).In the below example, we will copy multiple files from the source to the destination folder D:\TempContent.ExampleCopy-Item .\PowerShellcommands.csv,.\cars.xml -Destination D:\TempContent\ -PassThruOutputPS D:\Temp> Copy-Item .\PowerShellcommands.csv,.\cars.xml -Destination D:\TempContent\ -PassThru Directory: D:\TempContent Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 20-01-2020 12:10 1148809 PowerShellcommands.csv -a---- 07-05-2018 23:00 301 cars.xml
Read MoreHow to copy items from one location to another location using PowerShell?
To copy items in PowerShell, one needs to use the Copy-Item cmdlet. When you use the Copy-Item, you need to provide the source file name and the destination file or folder name.In the below example, we will copy a single file from the D:\Temp to the D:\Temp1 location.ExampleCopy-Item -Path D:\Temp\PowerShellcommands.csv -Destination D:\Temp1\ -PassThruOutputPS C:\Windows\System32> Copy-Item -Path D:\Temp\PowerShellcommands.csv -Destination D:\Temp1\ -PassThru Directory: D:\Temp1 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 20-01-2020 ...
Read MoreWhat is Copy-item in PowerShell used for?
Copy-Item in PowerShell cmdlet is used for copying items from one location to another location in the same namespace. Here, the namespace meaning, you can copy items from files to the different folders but cannot files to the registry or the certificate store.This cmdlet doesn’t delete or cut the item from the source location instead, it copies the item to the destination folder with the same name or the different name.Copy-Item Syntax with parameters in PowerShell is as below.Copy-Item [-Path] [-LiteralPath] [[-Destination] ] [-Container] [-Force] [-Filter ] [-Include ] [-Exclude ...
Read MoreHow to add/merge two hash tables in PowerShell?
Adding values of the hash table is simple as the adding string. We just need to use the addition operator (+) to merge two hash table values.Here, we have two hash tables: $htable and $htable1.$htable = [Ordered]@{EmpName="Charlie";City="New York";EmpID="001"} $htable1 = [Ordered]@{Fruit='Apple';Color='Red'}We will now add two hash tables,$htable + $htalble1PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $htable+$htable1 Name Value ---- ----- EmpName Charlie City New York EmpID 001 Fruit Apple Color Red
Read MoreHow to add and remove values to the Hash Table in PowerShell?
You can add values to the hash table and remove values from the hash tables. To add the values to the hash table, you need to use the below format.$hash[""] = ""We have hash table already created here, $htable = [Ordered]@{EmpName="Charlie";City="New York";EmpID="001"}PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $htable Name Value ---- ----- EmpName Charlie City New York EmpID 001We need to add additional key “Dept” in the above hash table with the value “Technical”.$htable['Dept']="Technical"When you check the output of the above Hashtable, you can see the key-value is appended to the table.PS ...
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