-WhatIf/-Confirm Parameters

Several of the core PowerShell cmdlets support –whatif and/or –confirm parameters. The cmdlets that support these parameters could actually make system changes that cannot be reserved, such as deleting a file.

Consider the following example using these parameters:

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Two new cmdlets are demonstrated in the preceding example: New-Item, used to create things such as files, and Remove-Item, used to delete or remove things such as files.

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