Chapter 7. Advanced functions, part 1
PowerShell has a number of types of functions: basic functions that just return a value, filtering functions that work in the pipeline, and so on. We’re going to jump straight to the top of the food chain and build an advanced function—what some people call a script cmdlet. Frankly, we think this is where you should be aiming for any tool you build—even if it’s just a tool for your own personal use. Advanced functions do a lot of heavy lifting for you, giving you a great deal of functionality essentially for free. You can end up with the equivalent of a cmdlet without having to program in Visual Studio.
If you have any programming background, this will require you to reach into your mind, locate whatever ...
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