powershell-2.0

Inspired by this post , I created the script below DOSCommands.ps1 Function Invoke-DOSCommands { Param( [Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory=$true)] [String]$cmd, [String]$tmpname = $(([string](Get-Random -Minimum 10000 -Maximum 99999999)) + ".cmd"), [switch]$tmpdir = $true) if ($tmpdir) { $cmdpath = $(Join-Path -Path $env:TEMP -ChildPath $tmpname); } else { $cmdpath = ".\" + $tmpname } Write-Debug "tmpfile: " + $cmdpath Write-Debug "cmd: " + $cmd echo $cmd | Out-File -FilePath $cmdpath -Encoding ascii; & cmd.exe /c $cmdpath | Out-Null } Invoke-DOSCommands "Echo ""Hello World""", -tmpdir $false

I am trying to check whether a particular node exists or not like follows. In my config file there is a node named client ,it may or may not available. If it is not available i have to add it. $xmldata = [xml](Get-Content $webConfig) $xpath="//configuration/system.serviceModel" $FullSearchStr= Select-XML -XML $xmldata -XPath $xpath If ( $FullSearchStr -ne $null) { #Add client node $client = $xmldata.CreateElement('Client') $client.set_InnerXML("$ClientNode") $xmldata.configuration."system.serviceModel".AppendChild($client) $xmldata.Save($webConfig) } The condition i am checking may return

Is it possible to run PowerShell 1.0 (or 2.0 CTP) backed by the 3.5 runtime instead of 2.0? We're building a .NET 3.5 solution, and I'd still like to use PowerShell as our scripting engine for scheduled tasks, etc. I don't need LINQ syntax or anything, just the 3.5 libraries and runtime. FOLLOWUP: thank you for the reply about dynamically loading assemblies. But let me clarify my question: is there any way to run PowerShell so that the 3.5 libraries run by default? So that if I enter New-Object System.Xml.XmlDocument , for example, I'm actually getting the 3.5 version by default? Semi-related

I've recently discovered that Powershell functions are just named scriptblocks. For example function HelloWorld { Write-Output "Hello world" } $hw = $function:HelloWorld & $hw Will execute the HelloWorld method. However, what I have not been able to figure out, is how to get a reference to a method that has a dash in it's name: function Hello-World { Write-Output "Hello world" } $hw = $function:Hello-World You must provide a value expression on the right-hand side of the '-' operator. At line:1 char:27 + $hw = $function:Hello- <<<< World + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (:) [],

I've been successfully passing no-argument functions around in PowerShell using ScriptBlocks. However, I can't get this to work if the function has arguments. Is there a way to do this in PowerShell? (v2 preferably) Function Add([int] $x, [int] $y) { return $x + $y } Function Apply([scriptblock] $s) { write-host ($s.Invoke(1,2)) } Then Apply { Add } writes 0 to the console. Apply does invoke Add , but doesn't pass any arguments in (i.e. uses the default [int] values of 0 and 0) Rob Ok, I found the answer here : I wanted ${function:Add} rather than { Add } in the call to Apply . There is a much

I have a string representing a time in seconds and milliseconds. I want to convert it to a string in the format "hh:mm:ss,fff". My solution still has the flaw that hours less than 10 are shown with one decimal instead of two: PS> $secs = "7000.6789" PS> $ts = [timespan]::fromseconds($s) PS> $res = "$($ts.hours):$($ts.minutes):$($ts.seconds),$($ts.milliseconds)" PS> $res PS> 1:56:40,679 What is the right way to achieve this? I'm sure there is a more elegant way with -f and datetime. In PowerShell 4.0 $s = "7000.6789" $ts = [timespan]::fromseconds($s) ("{0:hh\:mm\:ss\,fff}" -f $ts) Output: 01:56

Here is what I have so far: Get-ChildItem "C:\Folder" | Foreach-Object {$_.Name} > C:\Folder\File.txt When you open the output from above, File.txt, you see this: file1.txt file2.mpg file3.avi file4.txt How do I get the output so it drops the extension and only shows this: file1 file2 file3 file4 Thanks in advance! EDIT Figured it out with the help of the fellows below me. I ended up using: Get-ChildItem "C:\Folder" | Foreach-Object {$_.BaseName} > C:\Folder\File.txt Get-ChildItem "C:\Folder" | Select BaseName > C:\Folder\File.txt Pass the file name to the GetFileNameWithoutExtension method to

I am trying to access and change the particular attribute from XML tag XML: <office> <staff branch="Hanover" Type="sales"> <employee> <Name>Tobias Weltner</Name> <function>management</function> <age>39</age> </employee> <employee> <Name>Cofi Heidecke</Name> <function>security</function> <age>4</age> </employee> </staff> <staff branch="London" Type="Technology"> <employee> <Name>XXXX</Name> <function>gement</function> <age>39</age> From the above example I want to print branch attribute and then want to change it with one value such as New York in all the whole XML and using below code to do

I was trying to execute a script in remote computer. I did " Enable-PSremoting " in the remote machine. I placed a script hello.ps1 in remote machine. [My client machine is Windows XP and remote computer is Windows 2003 ] Then from my client computer i was trying to execute the script. invoke-command -computer $MachineName -filepath "C:\hello.ps1" I got the following error. Invoke-Command : Cannot find path 'C:\hello.ps1' because it does not exist. I think it tries to find script from client machine. If i try to run invoke-command -computer $MachineName -command { C:\hello.ps1 } , It executes