Chapter 2 Quick Reference

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Produce a list of all the files in a folder

Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet and supply a value for the folder

Produce a list of all the files in a folder and in the subfolders

Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet, supply a value for the folder, and specify the recurse argument

Produce a wide output of the results of a previous cmdlet

Use the appropriate cmdlet and pipe the resulting object to the Format-Wide cmdlet

Produce a listing of all the methods available from the Get-ChildItem cmdlet

Use the cmdlet and pipe the results into the Get-Member cmdlet. Use the -membertype argument and supply the Noun method

Produce a popup box

Create an instance of the wshShell object by using the New-Object cmdlet. Use the Popup method

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