Chapter 4 Other Key PowerShell Concepts

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Formatting Output

• Providers

• Profiles

• Scopes

• Dot Sourcing

• Library Files

• Summary

Although previous chapters in this book have emphasized PowerShell’s ease of use for scripters familiar with other scripting languages such as Bash and VBScript, the PowerShell language introduces a number of key new concepts that enable scripters to take their automation tasks to a new level of capability, organization, and clarity. The goal of this chapter is to explore these new concepts, provide specific examples to demonstrate each concept, and to illustrate the underlying principle behind each concept to help take your understanding of the inner workings of PowerShell to the ...

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