Andy Oakley

Monad (AKA PowerShell) (eBook, PDF)

Introducing the MSH Command Shell and Language

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Windows PowerShell, formerly know by its codename "e;Monad"e; and available now for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista, and soon for Exchange Server 2007 and MOM, is the future of Windows administration. From setting up automated build environments to managing 20,000 Exchange email clients in an organization, any tool that reduces the number of repetitive steps an administrator must perform, is a real win. Even better, PowerShell part of a major Microsoft initiative that aims to replace a host of Windows management tools with a single, unified shell. This is the promise of PowerShell and the reason IT professionals need to start learning how to use it today Reflecting the best of legacy tools such as bash and the Korn shell, PowerShell also breaks new ground in its command language design and its use of the object-oriented .NET Framework. And there is no better way to learn how to put PowerShell to work than to get your hands on Monad, O'Reilly's innovative, hands-on introduction to the tool. This concise 200-page book is an exciting tour of some of the new capabilities thatPowerShell puts into the hands of system administrators and power users, and is the perfect complement to existing PowerShell documentation. With more than 40 hands-on activities, the book covers every angle, from using PowerShell commands and its object-oriented pipelines to querying systems, generating reports and writing scripts that automate existing tasks. Adding to the lure is the fact that the book is written by Microsoft manager, Andy Oakley with a Foreword by PowerShell architect Jeffrey Snover-so you can be certain that it's teeming with inside information. Monad lets you see for yourself how PowerShell can significantly improve your productivity. Because the PowerShell technology has wide appeal, so, too, does this compact guide. Developers, administrators, and power users alike can all benefit from its insight. If you're someone who habitually drifts toward the c-m-d keys, knows all of the switches to most command tools, or spends time authoring batch files to solve new challenges, this book is right up your alley. And if your organization plans to upgrade soon to Exchange 2007 or MOM V3, there's no time to waste.Breaking News: A PowerShell RC1 Update to the book is now available at no charge from the book's catalog page on oreilly.com!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780596519131
• Artikelnr.: 52982177

Autorenporträt

Andy Oakley is a graduate of Jesus College, Cambridge, England with a degree in Computer Science. Currently, as a Lead Program Manager at Microsoft, he is building the new publishing system for MSDN which hosts the hundreds of thousands of pages of developer documentation published by Microsoft.

Inhaltsangabe

Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface 1. Introducing MSH Get MSH Get to Know Verb-Noun Syntax and Cmdlets Access the Registry Like a Filesystem Create a Pipeline to Pass Information Display Data What's Next? 2. Customizing MSH Load and Save Scripts Save Keystrokes with Aliases Work with the Command Line Make Yourself at Home Find Out What a Command Will Do Before Running It What's Next? 3. Scripting MSH The .NET Framework Work with Structured Objects Store Information in Variables Control Script Flow with Comparisons Do Repetitive Work with Loops Capture Reusable Behavior in a Function Transform Objects as They Pass Through the Pipeline What's Next? 4. Managing MSH Scope and State Control Access to Variables and Functions Work with Special Characters Use Wildcards to Define a Set of Items Take String Comparison Beyond -eq, -lt, and -gt When Things Go Wrong What's Next? 5. Adding to the MSH Toolkit Extend the Toolkit with Generic Cmdlets Work with Text Files Work with Structured File Formats How Variables Relate to the .NET Framework Calling Methods of the .NET Class Library Using new-object with COM Objects What's Next? 6. Working with Operating System Components Monitoring the Event Log Auditing System Services Get System Information from WMI Manage Filesystem Permissions What's Next? 7. Putting MSH to Work Invoke Commands with & Parse Text-Based Application Output Fill In the Blanks: Take Input from the Console Untangle GOTO-Based Batch Files Recap: Replacing Common Batch File Syntax Renaming Multiple Files at Once Match and Replace Content in a Text File List Recently Changed Files Counting Types of Files Find Out Which Command Is Being Run Downloading Content from the Web Shorthand for Frequently Used Data Returning System Uptime Simple UI Automation Colorize the Output of get-childitem What's Left? A. Syntax and Grammar B. Standard Cmdlets, Functions, and Aliases Index