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Printer install script
I am attempting to clean up my code as best I can, but I am new to powershell and would like other's opinions on if there is anything else I can clean my code up with and any tips to overall improve ...
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1answer
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Conway's Game of Life in Powershell
I'm learning PowerShell for professional development, but decided to do a bit of a silly project to help learn scripting in more depth, and chose Conway's Game of Life. This is the first PowerShell ...
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PowerShell script binary-decimal-hexadecimal-ipv4 convertor
This is a fully functional PowerShell script I wrote not long ago that converts data (numerical data) among 4 data formats: binary, decimal, hexadecimal and ipv4. It supports 12 conversions, it can ...
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PowerShell script to convert .reg files to PowerShell commands
This is a PowerShell script I wrote a while ago that converts Windows Registry files to PowerShell commands(New-Item, Remove-Item...
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PowerShell CLI calculator
I found a project that aims to implement a CLI calculator app in as many different languages and ways as possible. Having a little experience in PS, I tried my hand at it. The requirements are as ...
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PowerShell - fast remove a directory with 10,000+ files
I am sick of File Explorer's super slow deletion speed, so I tried to write a PowerShell script to make deletion faster, and while it does its job, its speed isn't as high as what I intended it to be. ...
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1answer
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PowerShell - calculate occurences of Friday the 13th between (including) two given years with builtin and without builtin
It's me again, talented programming beginner fast-learner, so I have overcomed yet another self-imposed programming challenge, I have developped two algorithms to calculate occurrences of Friday the ...
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PowerShell - Sort strings containing numbers numerically
I am a newbie in programming, but I do have potential, I am using PowerShell to hone my skills, I have written a simple function to sort strings consisted of numbers humanly (i.e. in a order like 1 2 ...
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PowerShell - Convert English words describing numbers to their values in Arabic numeral
I am extremely new to programming, and I am a really fast learner if I am interested, I have only started using PowerShell in less than a month, to improve my programming skill, this is a script I ...
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PowerShell - Calculating date difference between two given dates in days without builtin and with builtin
The title says it all, I have written two scripts to calculate dates to test my abilities in programming, one from scratch, without [DateTime], New-TimeSpan and even [math]::Ceiling, and it's really ...
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1answer
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Create a csv of file attributes recursively from a directory parameter in PowerShell
I'm a bit new to PowerShell (version 5) and was wondering if there are any improvements I could make to the following script. Any suggestions for style, code, etc. are all welcome. The script creates ...
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Sorted LinkedList
A linked list is a data structure that has a beginning, and an end. The only way through the structure is to go to the "next step", like stepping stones. This linked list works the same way, but in ...
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Uninstalling Erlang and RabbitMQ, using Write-Verbose to ensure sequencing
I'm new at PowerShell and I like it. I had the chance to write a script that uninstalls Erlang and RabbitMQ and I want the same script to then remove the Erlang folder and the RabbitMQ folder. But in ...
4votes
0answers
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Morse Code Blinking through Caps Lock in PowerShell
I'm new to writing PowerShell scripts, and this would be my first relatively large undertaking in the language. Any feedback regarding style and readability would be greatly appreciated. Particularly, ...
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1answer
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Powershell script to remove old student accounts from ActiveDirectory
I am pretty new to powershell and I'm not great at coding, but I have managed to cobble together code from around the net to help save time when removing old students accounts in AD. Code currently ...
