PowerShell

Pipes

$_ Variable

Get-Service | WHERE {$_.status -eq "Running"} | SELECT displayname
# “$_.” defines current element in the pipe

Get-Service | Sort-Object -property Status

$mydatge = Get-Date
$mydatge | Get-Member

Fucntion

Send-Greeting -name Claude


function Send-Greeting
{
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $Name
    )

    Process
    {
        Write-Host ("Hello " + $Name + "!")
    }
}

if

$currentDate = Get-Date
$messageOfTheDay = ""

if($currentDate.Day % 2 -ne 0)
{
    $messageOfTheDay = "Today is an odd Day, "
}
else
{
    $messageOfTheDay = "Today all should be even, "
}

switch (($currentDate.DayOfWeek))
{
    "Monday" { $messageOfTheDay = $messageOfTheDay + "that being said you should be working..." }
    "Tuesday" { $messageOfTheDay = $messageOfTheDay + "that being said you should be working..." }
    "Wednesday" { $messageOfTheDay = $messageOfTheDay + "that being said you should be working..." }
    "Thursday" { $messageOfTheDay = $messageOfTheDay + "that being said you should be working..." }
    "Friday" { $messageOfTheDay = $messageOfTheDay + "that being said you should be working..." }
    "Saturday" { $messageOfTheDay = $messageOfTheDay + "yay it's the Weekend!!!" }
    "Sunday" { $messageOfTheDay = $messageOfTheDay + "yay it's the Weekend!!!" }
    default { $messageOfTheDay = $messageOfTheDay + "This script only knows the 7 weekdays...." }
}

echo $messageOfTheDay