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Mastering PowerShell Scripting - Fourth Edition

By : Chris Dent
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Book Image

Mastering PowerShell Scripting - Fourth Edition

5 (1)
By: Chris Dent

Overview of this book

PowerShell scripts offer a convenient way to automate various tasks, but working with them can be daunting. Mastering PowerShell Scripting takes away the fear and helps you navigate through PowerShell's capabilities.This extensively revised edition includes new chapters on debugging and troubleshooting and creating GUIs (online chapter). Learn the new features of PowerShell 7.1 by working with parameters, objects, and .NET classes from within PowerShell 7.1. This comprehensive guide starts with the basics before moving on to advanced topics, including asynchronous processing, desired state configuration, using more complex scripts and filters, debugging issues, and error-handling techniques. Explore how to efficiently manage substantial amounts of data and interact with other services using PowerShell 7.1. This book will help you to make the most of PowerShell's automation features, using different methods to parse data, manipulate regular expressions, and work with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
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Index

Naming and creating variables

Variables in PowerShell are preceded by the dollar symbol ($), for example:

$MyVariable

The name of a variable may contain numbers, letters, and underscores. For example, each of the following is a valid name:

$123 
$x 
$my_variable 
$variable 
$varIABle 
$Path_To_File 

Variables are frequently written in either camel case or Pascal case. For example:

  • $myVariable is camel case
  • $MyVariable is Pascal case

PowerShell does not enforce a naming convention, nor does it consistently use a convention in the automatic variables.

One of the most commonly accepted practices is that variables used as parameters must use Pascal case. Variables used only within a script or a function must use camel case.

I suggest making your variable names meaningful so that when you revisit your script after a long break, you can identify its purpose. I recommend choosing and maintaining a consistent style in your own code...