By default, the Get-Content cmdlet uses the end-of-line character as its delimiter, so it gets a file as a collection of strings, with each line as one string in the file.

You can use the Delimiter parameter to specify an alternate delimiter. If you set it to the characters that denote the end of a section or the beginning of the next section, you can split the file into logical parts.

The first command gets the Employees.txt file and splits it into sections, each of which ends with the words "End of Employee Record" and it saves it in the $e variable.

The second command uses array notation to get the first item in the collection in $e. It uses an index of 0, because Windows PowerShell arrays are zero-based.

For more information about arrays, see about_Arrays.

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$e = get-content c:\test\employees.txt -delimited "End Of Employee Record" $e[0]

This command gets the current location:

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get-location

The Get-Location cmdlet includes the functionality of commands like the cd command in the Windows Command Prompt and the pwd command in UNIX. For more information, type: get-help get-location

This command sets the current location:

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set-location C:

This command gets all the files and directories in the current directory:

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get-childitem

By default, the Get-ChildItem cmdlet does not recurse. If files and folders are present in the current directory when you run this command, a System.IO.FileInfo object and a System.IO.DirectoryInfo object are returned.

This command gets all the files in the current directory:

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get-childitem | where-object {!$_.psiscontainer}

The command uses the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to get all files and directories. It pipes the results to the Where-Object cmdlet, which selects only the objects that are not (!) containers.

The command uses the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to get all files and directories. It pipes the results to Where-Object, which select only the objects that are containers.

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get-childitem | where-object {$_.psiscontainer}

This command displays the properties of a directory:

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get-item -path c:\ps-test | format-list -property *

The command uses the Path parameter of the Get-Item cmdlet to get the C:\ps-test directory. It pipes the directory object to the Format-List cmdlet, which displays all (*) the properties and values of the directory in a list.

This command displays the properties of a file:

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get-item -path test.txt | format-list -property *

The command uses the Path parameter of the Get-Item cmdlet to get the test.txt file. It pipes the file object to the Format-List cmdlet, which displays all (*) the properties and values of the file in a list.

This command copies the A.txt file from the C:\A directory to the C:\A\Bb directory:

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copy-item -path C:\a\a.txt -destination C:\a\bb\a.txt

It overwrites files in the destination directory without prompting for confirmation.

This command copies all the files in the C:\A\Bb directory that have the .txt file name extension to the C:\A\Cc\Ccc\ directory:

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copy-item -path C:\a\bb\*.txt -destination C:\a\cc\ccc\

It uses the original names of the files. The command overwrites the existing files in the destination directory without prompting for confirmation.

Copies all the directories and files in the C:\a directory to the C:\c directory. If any of the directories to copy already exist in the destination directory, the command will fail unless you specify the Force parameter.

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copy-item -path C:\a\* -destination C:\c -recurse

This command moves the C.txt file in the C:\A directory to the C:\A\Aa directory:

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move-item -path C:\a\c.txt -destination C:\a\aa

The command will not automatically overwrite an existing file that has the same name. To force the cmdlet to overwrite an existing file, specify the Force parameter.

This command moves the C:\A directory and all its contents to the C:\B directory:

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move-item -path C:\a -destination C:\b

You cannot move a directory when that directory is the current location.

This command appends the "test content" string to the Test.txt file:

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add-content -path test.txt -value "test content"

The existing content in the Test.txt file is not deleted.

This command gets the contents of the Test.txt file and displays them in the console:

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get-content -path test.txt

You can pipe the contents of the file to another cmdlet. For example, the following command reads the contents of the Test.txt file and then supplies them as input to the ConvertTo-HTML cmdlet: get-content -path test.txt | convertto-html

This command replaces the contents of the Test.txt file with the "test content" string:

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set-content -path test.txt -value "test content"

It overwrites the contents of Test.txt. You can use the Value parameter of the New-Item cmdlet to add content to a file when you create it.

This command returns a System.Security.AccessControl.FileSecurity object:

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get-acl -path test.txt | format-list -property *

For more information about this object, pipe the command to the Get-Member cmdlet. Or, see "FileSecurity Class" in the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) library at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=145718.

This command returns a System.Security.AccessControl.DirectorySecurity object:

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get-acl -path test_directory | format-list -property *

For more information about this object, pipe the command to the Get-Member cmdlet. Or, see "DirectorySecurity Class" in the MSDN library at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=145736.

This command creates the Logfiles directory on the C drive:

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new-item -path c:\ -name logfiles -type directory

This command creates the Log2.txt file in the C:\Logfiles directory and then adds the "test log" string to the file:

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new-item -path c:\logfiles -name log.txt -type file

Creates a file called Log2.txt in the C:\logfiles directory and adds the string "test log" to the file.

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new-item -path c:\logfiles -name log2.txt -type file -value "test log"

This command renames the A.txt file in the C:\A directory to B.txt:

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rename-item -path c:\a\a.txt -newname b.txt

This command renames the C:\A\Cc directory to C:\A\Dd:

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rename-item -path c:\a\cc -newname dd

This command deletes the Test.txt file in the current directory:

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remove-item -path test.txt

This command deletes all the files in the current directory that have the .xml file name extension:

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remove-item -path *.xml

The first command uses the Get-Service cmdlet to get information about local services.

It pipes the information to the Export-Csv cmdlet and then stores that information in the Services.csv file.

The second command uses Invoke-Item to open the Services.csv file in the program associated with the .csv extension:

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get-service | export-csv -path services.csv invoke-item -path services.csv

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• Get-Content