💡 Problem Formulation: When working with text files in a Windows environment, it’s often necessary to perform tasks like creating, reading, appending, and deleting text content programmatically. For example, you might want to create a script that logs events to a text file, or modify configuration files for software deployment. PowerShell, the robust command-line shell … Read more
💡 Problem Formulation: You’re managing multiple servers or systems, possibly in a mixed environment (e.g., some hosts on-premises, others in the cloud), and need to update configuration or text files remotely. The challenge is to do this efficiently and reliably using PowerShell, with a prime example being the need to change a specific line in … Read more
💡 Problem Formulation: Many day-to-day tasks in software development and systems administration involve reading and modifying text within files. Let’s say we have a configuration file where an application’s endpoint URL is written as http://example.com. Now, we need to replace it with https://secure.example.com across multiple files. Efficiently automating this process with a PowerShell script can … Read more
To add text to a file using PowerShell, you can use the Add-Content cmdlet, which appends content to a specified item or file. Content can be specified using the Value parameter. Example: Add-Content -Path “C:\path\to\your\file.txt” -Value “Text to add” Here’s a basic example of how to use Add-Content: This command will append “Text to add” … Read more
Do you need to know how to check your PowerShell version? This mission-critical question was on my mind, too, just a few minutes ago. In this article, I’ll show you how I did it. Ready? Check, go! 👇 Identify Your PowerShell Version One of the most common and recommended ways is by using the $PSVersionTable … Read more
Problem Formulation Given is a text file, say my_text_file.txt. How to modify its content in your Windows PowerShell working directory? I’ll start with the most direct method to solve this problem in 90% of cases and give a pure PowerShell method afterward. By the way, you can learn all about becoming a PowerShell developer in … Read more
How to Check the Plotly Dash Version in the Terminal or Shell (Unix/macOS/Linux/Windows? To check the dash version in your Windows, Unix, macOS, or Linux environment, you can run the command pip list in your terminal or shell and locate the dash output with version information in the format x.y.z (e.g., 2.5.1) Here’s an example … Read more
Windows PowerShell uses variables to store values, and we have a large set of operators we can use to modify or compare those variables. PowerShell Assignment Operators Assignment Operators allow us to simply create variables and populate them with values in one command: When we call those variables, we can see the values they contain: … Read more
PowerShell foreach Loop Syntax: The keyword ‘foreach‘ is used in Windows PowerShell to iterate through a series or list of items, usually with the intent of performing operations using each item. Example: In the following example, we use PowerShell to read the contents of a text file (C:\Temp\ServerList.txt) filled with server names, storing the values … Read more