Apress Pro Windows PowerShell Feb 2008 eBook-BBL

Pro Windows PowerShell (c) by Apress

The type of the release is: eBook
In the PDF format with ISBN: 1590599403 and Pub Date: February 15, 2008
The size of the release is: 03 disks x 2.88mb
And released on: 03/18/2008


Windows power users have always envied their friends running UNIX
machines for the ease of automation that they enjoy. The traditional
Windows command-line shell, cmd.exe, has never been up to par with
shells like bash or tcsh, especially when it comes to text processing
and process automation. Windows PowerShell changes all that. This
next-generation shell is also a full-blown scripting environment with a
real programming language that allows users to access every part of
their operating system. Files, registry entries, and COM and .NET
objects are all supported by PowerShell, which makes manipulating them a
breeze.

Pro Windows PowerShell will show you how to use all this power in your
own work. You'll discover the object-oriented features of the shell and
how they help in extracting and manipulating data. You'll then learn how
to use those features to solve real-world problems: manipulating files,
working with text, monitoring systems, and performing operations over
the network. The book serves as not only a tutorial, but also a
reference: the ?eal World?part is structured so that it can be read
nonlinearly and used as a reference or a cookbook. And you'll find
freely available tools and extensions that will help you do things even
faster.

Pro Windows PowerShell is your best companion to the capabilities and
power that PowerShell offers you.
What you'll learn
- See how to solve real problems with Windows PowerShell using a
repository of working code.
- Get a sense of ?he big picture,?with PowerShell integrating with
the outside world. You will discover examples and techniques when
dealing with other programs, the operating system, and the network.
- Explore free and open-source tools and extensions that help you get
results with Windows PowerShell fast. (No other book has this feature!)
Who is this book for?
Pro Windows PowerShell is targeted at professionals who handle a lot of
repetitive tasks. The goal is to show how PowerShell can help script
most of those tasks and reduce their burden. The book contains examples
on automating typical system administration tasks: configuration,
monitoring, network queries, text manipulation, and file operations. The
ideas presented will be beneficial to power users needing a better shell
and an automation environment, system and network administrators looking
to streamline their daily activities, and software developers wishing to
optimize their build and deploy process.

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