Tip of the Day: More Math Fun

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Today’s Tip…

A while back I wrote a couple tips on how to use Windows PowerShell to do basic math.  There was a comment on it that I saved in case I ever wanted to write a separate tip.  This is that tip.

Let’s say I wanted to express a number in kilobytes.  I could just use Windows PowerShell to divide by 1024, or I could do it like this.

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Then the $InKB variable can be queried for the answer.

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This will work for MB, GB, TB, etc.