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Using -Contains Operator Use the -Contains operator to check if the list contains the specified string in PowerShell. [crayon-67903a4599006034058192/] [crayon-67903a459900b211297457/] In the above example, we used an array operator represented with @() to create a list, which we stored in the $list variable. Next, we initialized the $searchString variable with a string value we wanted […]

Using Split() Method Use the Split() method with the indexing operator to split the specified string and get the last value in PowerShell. [crayon-67903a4599576848231888/] [crayon-67903a459957a154043235/] First, we defined a $string variable and initialized it with a string value, as shown in the above code fence. Next, we used the Split() method, passed whitespace as a […]

The xlsx file can be easily converted into csv using the following methods: Before converting a file, please ensure that your PowerShell is opened in the administrative mode, and the execution policy should not be set to Restricted. [crayon-67903a459976d844527610/] [crayon-67903a4599771154823640/] In the above code, we used the Get-ExecutionPolicy command to check if the execution policy […]

The csv file can be easily converted into xlsx using the following methods: Before converting files, please verify that your PowerShell is opened in administrative mode and that the execution policy is not set to Restricted. [crayon-67903a4599882570944237/] [crayon-67903a4599885587721947/] The above output demonstrates that the execution policy is set to Restricted. So, if the current execution […]

Using Invoke-Expression Cmdlet Use the Invoke-Expression cmdlet to run a string as a command in PowerShell. Invoke-Expression cmdlet evaluates string as command and return the result of string expression. Here is simple exampple: [crayon-67903a459999d188579853/] This will open new notepad window. Here is more complicated example. [crayon-67903a45999a3220469085/] [crayon-67903a45999a4314802450/] The Invoke-Expression evaluates a string as a PowerShell […]

In PowerShell 3.0 and higher, we have Invoke-WebRequest and Invoke-RestMethod cmdlets; curl is an alias of the Invoke-WebRequest in PowerShell. Most learners make it confused with the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet. In PowerShell 7 and higher, the Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet is the default cmdlet for sending RESTful web service requests. It is another built-in cmdlet in PowerShell mainly […]

Using StartsWith() Method Use the StartsWith() to check if string starts with another string in PowerShell. [crayon-67903a4599c51183258559/] [crayon-67903a4599c54561761957/] In the above code, a string variable named $text is initialized with the value of Hello, world! and another string variable called $prefix is created with the value of Hello. After that, using the StartsWith() method, the […]

Using Get-Module Cmdlet Use Get-Module with -Name parameter to check if a module is installed in PowerShell. [crayon-67903a4599dec649327984/] [crayon-67903a4599def995125554/] The Get-Module retrieves information about loaded modules and available modules that can be imported. The -ListAvailable parameter filters the results only to show available modules that can be imported but are not currently loaded. This parameter […]

For this article, we are using three directories, E:\Test\Script Files, E:\Test\Test Files, and E:\Test\Sample Files. The E:\Test\Script Files directory is not empty and contains test.bat and testPS.ps1 files, while the E:\Test\Test Files directory is empty because it contains nothing, neither files nor folders The E:\Test\Sample Files directory is also not empty; it contains file.txt, file1.txt, […]