The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Piping Results from One PowerShell Cmdlet to Another

July 7, 2014 Jul 7, 2014 07/7/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about piping the results from one cmdlet to another. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. When I pipe information from one Windows PowerShell cmdlet to anther (for example, when I use Get-Process and pipe it to Stop-Process ), sometimes it works, and sometimes it does not. This ...

Back to Basics Part 5: Outputting Data

July 4, 2014 Jul 4, 2014 07/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, talks about outputting data via the pipeline in this exciting conclusion to a five part series. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today brings an end to a week of guest blog posts by Gary Siepser. You can read the following posts to catch up with the previous days: In Parts 3 and 4 of ...

Back to Basics Part 4: More Ways to Manipulate Data

July 3, 2014 Jul 3, 2014 07/3/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, talks more about the basics of the Windows PowerShell pipeline. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today Gary Siepser delivers his Part 4 of his five part series. To follow along, you can read: In Part 3, we introduced several cool things you can do with your data. In this post, we will...

Back to the Basics Part 3: Do Something with Your Data

July 2, 2014 Jul 2, 2014 07/2/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, further investigates the basics of the Windows PowerShell pipeline. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It's midweek already! Time sure flies, especially when you have a guest blogger for the week. Welcome back Gary Siepser for the third part in a series. To catch up, read: In Part 2 of ...

Back to the Basics Part 2: Learn about the Pipeline and “Getters”

July 1, 2014 Jul 1, 2014 07/1/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft PFE, Gary Siepser, talks about the basics of using the Windows PowerShell pipeline and "getters." Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week, Gary Siepser, a Microsoft PFE is our guest blogger. Yesterday, we posted the first part of his series: Back to the Basics Part 1: Learn About the PowerShell Pipeline. In ...

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