Tips.Windows.PowerShell.md

Windows PowerShell Tips

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/i

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/

• https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

PowerShell 7

• NOTE: PowerShell 7 is the replacement for PowerShell Core 6.x products as well as Windows PowerShell 5.1, which is the last supported Windows PowerShell version

  • See Wikipedia article at top of README

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-windows?view=powershell-7.3

• https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell

PowerShell 6

• NOTE: PowerShell Core 6.0 was first announced on 18 August 2016, when Microsoft unveiled PowerShell Core and its decision to make the product cross-platform, independent of Windows, free and open source.[5] It achieved general availability on 10 January 2018 for Windows, macOS and Linux
  • See Wikipedia article at top of README

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/overview?view=powershell-6
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/understanding-important-powershell-concepts?view=powershell-6
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/components/console/powershell.exe-command-line-help?view=powershell-6
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/whats-new/what-s-new-in-powershell-core-61?view=powershell-6
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/whats-new/what-s-new-in-powershell-core-60?view=powershell-6
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/samples/sample-scripts-for-administration?view=powershell-6

PowerShell 5

• NOTE: Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0 RTM which includes PowerShell 5.0 was re-released to web on 24 February 2016, following an initial release with a severe bug
  • See Wikipedia article at top of README

Commands

Check Version of PowerShell

• $PSVersionTable

Measure Execution Time of a batch command

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/measure-command?view=powershell-6
  • Example: Measure-Command {dir}

Check SHA256 Hash for a File:

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/get-filehash?view=powershell-7.3

• Note: You can also add a qualifier to specify a different hash algorithm result, e.g.
  • -Algorithm MD5
  • -Algorithm SHA1
  • -Algorithm SHA384
  • -Algorithm SHA512
  • -Algorithm MACTripleDES
  • -Algorithm RIPEMD160

Check Network Adapters:

• Get-NetAdapter