PowerShell Scripting Tutorials

PowerShell Scripting Tutorials
SN	Purpose	Cmdlets / Command	Description
	Show version	$PSVersionTable	Show PowerShell Version
	Update package	Get-Help Add-AppPackage	Update packages
	Update package	Get-HotFix	Get-HotFix and to install a hot fix as follows
	Update package	Get-HotFix -id kb2741530	Update kb2741530
	Create folder	New-Item -Path 'D:\temp\Test Folder' -ItemType Directory	Create a folder in D:\Temp\ with name "Test Folder"
	Create file	New-Item -Path 'D:\temp\Test Folder\Test File.txt' -ItemType File	Create a file in D:\Temp\Test Folder with name "Test File.txt"
	Copy folder	Copy-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder' 'D:\temp\Test Folder1'	Copy a folder D:\Temp\Test Folder as D:\Temp\Test Folder1
	Copy folder	Copy-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder' -Destination 'D:\temp\Test Folder1'	Copy a folder recursively D:\Temp\Test Folder to D:\Temp\Test Folder1
	Copy file	Copy-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder\Test File.txt' 'D:\temp\Test Folder1\Test File1.txt'	Copy a file D:\Temp\Test Folder\Test File.txt to D:\Temp\Test Folder1
	Copy file	Copy-Item -Filter *.txt -Path 'D:\temp\Test Folder' -Recurse -Destination 'D:\temp\Test Folder1'	Copy all text file recursively D:\Temp\Test Folder to D:\Temp\Test Folder1
	Delete folder	Remove-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder1'	Delete a folder D:\Temp\Test Folder1
	Delete folder	Remove-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder' -Recurse	Remove the folder D:\Temp\Test Folder1 recursively. In first example, PowerShell confirms if directory is not empty. In this case, it will simply delete the item.
	Delete file	Remove-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder\test.txt'	Delete a file D:\Temp\Test Folder\Test.txt
	Delete file	Remove-Item 'D:\temp\Test Folder' -Recurse	Remove the folder D:\Temp\Test Folder recursively deleting its all files. In first example, PowerShell confirms if directory is not empty. In this case, it will simply delete the item.
	Rename folder	Rename-Item D:\temp\Test D:\temp\Test1	Rename a folder D:\Temp\Test to D:\Temp\Test1
	Rename file	Rename-Item D:\temp\Test\test.txt test1.txt	Rename a folder D:\Temp\Test\test.txt to test1.txt
	Retrieving Item	Get-Content D:\temp\Test\test.txt	Read a file D:\Temp\Test\Test.txt
	Retrieving Item Length/size	(Get-Content D:\temp\test\test.txt).length	Read the size of the content of the file read.
	Check Folder Existence	Test-Path D:\temp\test Output : Test-Path D:\temp\test True	We're having a folder test in D:\temp directory
	Check Folder Existence	Test-Path D:\temp\test2 Output : Test-Path D:\temp\test2 False	We're not having a folder named test2 in D:\temp directory
	Check File Existence	Test-Path D:\temp\test\test.txt Output : Test-Path D:\temp\test\test.txt True	We're having a file test.txt in D:\temp\test directory
	Check File Existence	Test-Path D:\temp\test\test2.txt Output : Test-Path D:\temp\test\test2.txt False	We're not having a file named test2.txt in D:\temp\test directory
	Get System Date	Get-Date Output : Get-Date Saturday, May 05, 2018 9:58:06 AM	we're using Get-Date to get current date
		Get-Date -DisplayHint Date Output : Get-Date -DisplayHint Date Wednesday, April 04, 2018	we're using -DisplayHint to print only Date.
	Set system date	set-date -Date (Get-Date).AddDays(1) Output : Sunday, May 06, 2018 9:59:16 AM	we're using Set-Date to add one more day to current date
	Set system date (Revert)	set-date -Date (Get-Date).AddDays(-1) Output : Saturday, May 05, 2018 10:00:37 AM	Now revert back to substract added day to current date.
		Get-Date -DisplayHint Time Output : 10:04:18 AM	we're using -DisplayHint to print only Time.
	Set System Time	> $timeToAdd = New-TimeSpan -Minutes 60 > set-date -adjust $timeToAdd Output : Saturday, May 05, 2018 11:05:16 AM	we're using Set-Date to adjust to 60 minutes.
	Set System Time	> $timeToAdd = New-TimeSpan -Minutes -60 > set-date -adjust $timeToAdd Output : Saturday, May 05, 2018 10:08:54 AM	Now revert back to substract added time to current date.