Author: Arpit Mandliya

💡TL;DR Use the ToString() method on System.Guid to convert a GUID to a string in PowerShell. [crayon-67691e10b7a72197942532/] [crayon-67691e10b7a79037683906/] Before diving into the solutions, let’s understand what GUID is. In PowerShell, a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) is a 128-bit identifier used to identify objects uniquely—for instance, folders, files, registry keys, and other system resources. Remember, GUIDs […]

Using [System.Guid] Class To generate a random string in PowerShell: Create a globally unique identifier using the NewGuid() method. Use the ToString() method to transform the GUID (created in the previous step) to String format. Use the Write-Host cmdlet to print the random string. [crayon-67691e10b8660549995811/] [crayon-67691e10b8665751568715/] The New-Guid() is a static method of [System.Guid] class […]

Using Mandatory Attribute Use the Mandatory attribute to make parameters mandatory in PowerShell. [crayon-67691e10b888b712343827/] [crayon-67691e10b888e816190689/] First, we defined a function named DisplayName preceded by the function keyword. Inside this function, we used the param keyword (also referred to as param() block), which was used to define the $Name parameter; this parameter was of the string […]

Using Get-Date Command with AddDays() method Use the Get -Date command with AddDays() method to get yesterday’s date in PowerShell. Pass -1 to AddDays() to substract one day from current date and time [crayon-67691e10b8b04353771296/] [crayon-67691e10b8b07340353011/] The simplest way to get yesterday’s date in PowerShell is by using the Get-Date cmdlet with AddDays() method. For example, […]

Reproducing TypeError: ‘dict_values object is not subscriptable When you try to access the dict_values object through index, the error will raise stating TypeError: 'dict_values' object is not subscriptable. Here is the example below. [crayon-67691e10b8bea371189713/] [crayon-67691e10b8bec952325343/] Convert dict_values object to list To resolve TypeError: 'dict_values object is not subscriptable, convert dict_values object to list before accessing […]

In PowerShell, the directory can be retrieved recursively using the Get-ChildItem cmdlet and the -Recurse parameter. [crayon-67691e10b8cfe995064354/] [crayon-67691e10b8d01730768752/] If you are looking to get all files in current directory in PowerShell, you can use below command: [crayon-67691e10b8d02871567402/] The folders and files can also be excluded using the -Exclude parameter. First, have a look at the […]

Get Full Path of File in PowerShell To get full path of file in powershell: Go to folder where file is present. You can go to any parent folder as well. Use Get-ChildItem with -Recurse option. Pipe it to where-object cmdlet to filter filename. In this example, we have given filename as test.ps1 Pipe it […]

To understand how to get permissions on a folder and subfolder in PowerShell, you must first understand what folder and subfolder permissions are. A folder’s permissions establish who can access and modify files and folders. A subfolder permission is a permission set for a folder containing other folders. In general, permissions set on a folder […]

Split Path into Array in PowerShell Using Split() Method Use the Split() method to split the path into an array in PowerShell. [crayon-67691e10b98f1607294715/] [crayon-67691e10b98f4281459155/] First, we defined a $path variable and set its value to a path as demonstrated above; you can initialize it with your own path. Next, we chained the Split() method with […]