Tag: scripting

All the articles with the tag "scripting".

• Execution of external commands (native applications) in PowerShell done right - Part 3

  4 Apr, 2015

  Fixing Invoke-NativeApplication to handle Windows exit codes beyond 0-255 using an IgnoreExitCode switch.

• Execution of external commands (native applications) in PowerShell done right - Part 2

  30 Mar, 2015

  Improved Invoke-NativeApplication with an IsError property on each output line and a prompt function edge-case fix.

• Execution of external commands in PowerShell done right

  10 Jan, 2015

  A PowerShell exec helper that correctly captures stdout and stderr from native commands and checks exit codes.

• PowerShell and IDisposable

  10 Jan, 2015

  Implementing a PSUsing helper function in PowerShell that mimics C# using blocks for IDisposable objects.

• PowerShell auto variable $LastResult

  10 Jan, 2015

  Adding a $LastResult automatic variable to PowerShell by wrapping Out-Default to store the last pipeline output.

• PowerShell Start-Job WTF

  21 Jun, 2014

  Troubleshoots Start-Job scope issues with PSScriptRoot and shows how to invoke a script path asynchronously using ScriptBlock.Create.

• PowerShell scripts and "Pattern Main"

  21 Aug, 2013

  Pattern for structuring PowerShell scripts with a Main function so core logic appears at the top before helper functions.

• Set-StrictMode and legacy code issues

  23 Jul, 2013

  How Set-StrictMode interacts with legacy PowerShell scripts and safe workarounds for missing variables and properties.

• git checkout on bare repo

  27 Feb, 2013

  How to extract files and folders from a bare git repository using git archive, avoiding encoding and binary issues.

• Interesting git helpers snippets

  31 Jan, 2013

  PowerShell git helper snippets: get current branch, resolve refs, test fast-forward, find commit's originating branch.