Getting Started with Windows PowerShell

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Hello friends
I am a SQL DBA and i really want to learn the Windows PowerShell. So would you guys help me in that.

Thanks


Go here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc281954.aspx

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Whether you're a newcomer to Windows PowerShell or an advanced user, you'll probably enjoy this free PowerShell cheat sheet. Written by Bruce Payette, a member of the PowerShell development team, it covers starting and using Windows PowerShell, including the syntax for all statements, operators and other elements of the language. Also included are examples of how to use .NET, COM, ADSI and WMI objects from PowerShell. Finally, it includes tips and tricks— short examples showing how to perform common tasks from PowerShell. For more information on this - see Bruce's blog entry at: $0 http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2008/05/30/new-free-windows-powershell-quick-reference-card.aspx$0 $0 The PDF is well organized and prints great from your own printer. Get your copy now!$0 $0 http://refcardz.dzone.com/refcardz/windows-powershell (registration required)

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In response to the question of the cmd shell not running Power Shell scripts: Go figure... since the cmd shell has no support for .NET specifically. Regarding the reverse - that of running cmd shell scripts in Power Shell -, have you tried calling cmd.exe from the Power Shell and feeding it a cmd script?

When various pages with PowerShell scripts are suggesting that typing something on "the command line" or running a script from "the command line" will result in some behavior that you're not getting; Make sure you're not using "THE command line" (meaning cmd.exe), but instead using PowerShell.exe.

Not sure why cmd.exe is incapable of running PowerShell scripts using the correct interpreter, or why PowerShell can't be made to run the older scripts...  Apparently I should have known this somehow.


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Yes you can. Go here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315276.aspx

What level of programming do I have to be at to start working with PowerShell?

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[TFL] The guide in in the pages following this one - see the tree control in the left pane and use that for navigation

I have not found it necessary to learn programming yet.  I imagine for IT purists it would seem like a very handy if not necessary tool, and if I had the patience, I probably would try it.  Who knows what the future holds.  However,  I am an intermediate user w/no formal programming training -- formerly an Apple OSX (based on Unix variation, BSD-Darwin) user where I first used the "Console" and "Terminal" to perform various simple CLI (Power Shell is a Command Line Interface) tasks -- chkdsk in various forms (check disk, maintenance utility); changed color of shell screen and font and size of font, etc.  Next, I worked on Cisco servers and switches managed by PC consoles and more CLI software in a school lab.  I am currently learning Linux in preparation for installing a variation of Linux combined with Snow Leopard on a PC so that I can have access to my Mac files on my current Windows 7 rig esp 15G of mp3 files. $0$0 $0 $0LSS -- I've never crashed an OS doing all this nor fried a system.  Before I attempt anything new though, I read/study a lot, get various info & advice (tips, tricks, cautions) from blogs such as this one, and take detailed notes before patiently and cautiously following the instructions.  It helps that most current OS's have options that almost make them mistake proof if I were to crash and burn -- recovery -- so I feel fairly confident in trying new stuff.  I am curious and want to know stuff which many people who want to personalize their computers seem to be.  This is how I've learned a lot of the little bit I grasp about computers -- it's how my mentors and the gurus -- I turn to with my knotty questions in the user groups to which I belong and the blogs to which I subscribe -- seem to have learned, too. $0 $0$0 $0 $0My suggestion is give it a try  especially if you use current generation OS's such as OSX, Linux or Windows 7.$0

What is Windows PowerShell, and what can it do for me?  Sorry to be so unfamiliar with technology, however, the powershell is on my computer and I have never used it.  Do I really need it?

Thanks for the information.  I appreciate it.
Manny
mrobles4@hotmail.com

Hi, V-Power,

The answer is really NONE. You don't need any programming experience at all. All of our docs assume that you know nothing about programming, and we try to teach you everything you need to know.

If you find something that's too "programmer-ish" or a doc that uses a concept without explaining it, please let me know. You can file a doc bug on Connect (connect.microsoft.com/powershell) or send mail directly to me: juneb@microsoft.com.

Thanks,
June Blender [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell Documentation

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Hi June,
Actually this is not really true. When coming from VBScript, if one has no knowledge of C / C++ or C#, the PS syntax is just awfull. VBScript was Visual Basic with a few plus. Visual Basic was the famous Basic+2 language that everyone knows, with a few plus. PowerShell scripting is everything but obvious because of this .NET presence everywhere. However I should agree that the doc is wonderful (except maybe for Error Handling, which is widely spread between MSDN, TechNet and the Scripting Guys Blog...)

I agree with June's comments on the need for programming skills, i.e. none. That's certainly true up to a point. For using PowerShell from the command line - programming is not needed. However, once you start moving into writing scripts, then programming skills do become necessary. Fortunately, the level of skill needed is not as significant as for other languages.

PowerShell scripts are, at least at one level, a program. PowerShell runs your .Ps1 file line by line from top to bottom. But like all classic programming languages, you need to understand two fundamental concepts and how to deal with them in PowerShell. The first is alternation, the second is iterate.

Alternation is where you run different (alternate) code depending on some value or expression - classic If/Then/Else as well as Switch (aka switch) constructs. Iteration is where you want to do something on on some set of values or objects, implemented by a number of constructs in PowerShell, although the two foreach constructs are the ones I find you use most often.

It also helps if you know the .NET framework and WMI as well as a bit of COM. These three provide you with a wealth of configuration and management capabilities and are ideal for scripting.

Thomas

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