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Tag: powershell
Get-Packet
A few days ago I blogged about packet sniffer PowerShell script. Needless to say I was intrigued and spent some time dissecting to better understand it. Don’t worry, no PowerShell scripts were harmed during this operation. This is a nifty piece of PowerShell coding. Of course I’m never one to leave well enough alone so I had to add a few touches which I hope the original author doesn’t mind.
PowerShell and Schrödinger’s cat
Powershell does not require you to declare variables. For a shell, that makes perfect sense because that would create too much overhead for simple one-off tasks. However, as soon as you start to develop more complex scripts, it is very important to know what scope your dynamically created variables have. Consider the following VBScript: Function […]
PowerShell and the Heisenberg Principle
While developing the PowerShell debugger for PrimalScript 2007 we tested with a large number of scripts. Pretty much anything we could lay our hands on. The following script was one of them. function AreArraysEqual($a1, $a2) { $enum1 = $a1.GetEnumerator() $enum2 = $a2.GetEnumerator() #"$enum1" while ($enum1.MoveNext() -and $enum2.MoveNext()) { if ($enum1.Current […]
Powershell: IP Packet Sniffer Script
I came across a wicked PowerShell script (Trends in Technology: Powershell: IP Packet Sniffer Script ) that is essentially a PowerShell packet sniffer. How cool is that! It certainly won’t replace full blown sniffers like WireShark but I love having a PowerShell window open watching packets. Yea, I need to get out more.
Sign PowerShell Scripts
If you’ve been to any of my PowerShell sessions or classes you know I often recommend using an AllSigned execution policy for your production servers. Assuming you’ve gone ahead and installed a code signing certificate on your desktop, how do you go about signing all your scripts. Here’s how you might sign all your scripts in a given directory.
TechNet Webcast: Managing Hyper-V Virtual Machines with WMI and Windows PowerShell
I don’t know how I missed this, but I hope I can find some time to squeeze it in tomorrow. I’m excited about setting up Hyper-V for all of my test and demo virtual machines. And of course, PowerShell topics are always fun. Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:00 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada) Event […]
PowerShell MVP x2
I have to admit I was a little nervous about my end of my PowerShell MVP award year. Had I done enough over the last year to maintain it? Or enough to merit a another year? Did I spend enough time in discussion forums? Was I helpful to enough people? Fortunately it appears I was.
Techmentor NYC and Las Vegas
I am slated to speak at this fall’s Techmentor shows in New York City(Sept. 7-10) and Las Vegas (Oct.13-17) . I’ll blog about scheduled sessions at a later date. Although you can assume plenty of PowerShell coverage. I hope you can make it out for one of the shows. TechMentor Conferences If you’ve never been […]
List PowerShell verbs
As you may be aware, PowerShell cmdlets are supposed to be named with a standard verb. I usually suggest that scripters name scripts and functions also using a standard verb, although it is not required and I certainly bend the rules from time to time. Hopefully by now you’re saying to yourself, “Show me the verbs!”
