March 5, 2008
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MCPmag.com: PowerShell's Get-Member; Redmond Radio;
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Prof. PowerShell: Inside the Get-Member cmdlet
- Redmond Radio: Windows Server 2008 Launches; MS' EuroFine;
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PROF. POWERSHELL: Member(ship) Has Its Privileges
By Jeffery Hicks
A terrific Windows PowerShell feature is its ability to tell
you about
itself. It's sort of like speed dating. Because PowerShell
is an
object-based shell, it is important that you understand an
object's
properties and methods. In the VBScript days, you would have
had to
rely on MSDN documentation, books and the kindness of
strangers.
The PowerShell world is different. We can use the Get-Member
cmdlet
(which has an alias of gm) to tell us everything we ever
want to know
about an object.
When you run Get-Process, you see a pre-defined set of
properties for a
process object. But there are more. Open a PowerShell prompt
and
try this:
Get-process | get -member
You should get a long listing. Look at all those properties.
In
addition to the property name, you can see what type of
property it
is and whether it can be changed. Any property where you see
indicates it can be changed. It may take one of the methods
you see
listed to make the change, but it is an adjustable property.
For the
most part, you'll be happy to know what other properties are
available.
Why? So you can take advantage of the pipeline. Look at
this expression:
get-process | format-table ID,Name,StartTime,Path -auto
Still the same process objects, but because we discovered
some a
dditional properties, we can ask PowerShell to display
them.
You can use Get-Member as a great troubleshooting tool as
well.
Whenever I have a long PowerShell expression and I'm not
getting the
result I expect, I pipe the expression to Get-Member so I
can verify
what type of object is in the pipeline.
If you have variables, you can also pipe them to Get-Member
to learn
their type, properties and methods. You can pipe just about
anything
in PowerShell to Get-Member and to discover more. If you run
into a
property you don't understand, then you will need to turn to
something
like the MSDN documentation to learn the details. Or post
something in
the forums at PowerShellCommunity.org.
To learn even more about this valuable cmdlet type:
Help get-member -full
Comment: http://mcpmag.com/columns/article.aspx?editorialsid
=2528#post
Jeffery Hicks, MCSE, MCSA, is a Microsoft PowerShell MVP and
scripting guru for SAPIEN Technologies. Jeff is a 16 year IT
veteran
who has co-authored and written several books, courseware
and
training videos on administrative scripting and automation.
He is
the co-author of Advanced VBScript for Microsoft Windows
Administrators (Microsoft Press) and Windows PowerShell:TFM
(SAPIEN Press). His latest is WSH and VBSCript Core:TFM
(SAPIEN Press).
Check out MCPmag.com's column archive for more savvy tips
and tricks
from Jeff, Greg Shields, Chris Wolf and other frequent
contributors.
http://mcpmag.com/columns/
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Take a quick listen to what made news last week in the world
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Check out these recent posts:
ACTIVE DIRECTORY WITH TRAVELING NOTEBOOKS: I was wonding if
there
is a problem with a traveling laptop being a member of a
domain and
logging in without a domain available. Is it true without a
global
catalog available Win Xp won't let you log in?
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p://mcpmag.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=4260
PING ISSUE: I am able to ping certain addresses from the
server but
I am unable to ping the same address from the desktop, even
though
the desktop is set top dhcp from the server. Any thoughts on
this?
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p://mcpmag.com/forums/forum_posts.asp?tid=4228
HOW TO START WITH MCP EXAM: I want to get the certification
in MCP.
I don't know how to start. Basically I am interested in Web
development using ASP.net and C#. Could u tell me how to
begin? Will
there be basic test for all those who begin with MCP or can
I can
choose my elective?
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PRINTER REDIRECT THROUGH RDC: I'd like to be able to print
from my
home printer while connected to my office PC. My setup - I
have
Windows Vista at home and Windows XP at work. I'm connecting
remotely
through my Vista. I've enabled printers from the local
resource
settings on RDC. But, I'm un-able to print to my home
printer - can't
find my printer on the printer list when printing. I've been
able to
print in the past when I had XP at home. But since going to
Vista, I
am un-able to do so. Is there any trick involve in the
setup? Or is
it not supported between Vista to XP?
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