Display-Array1.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Display's an Array    
.DESCRIPTION
    This script displays the values in an arra
.NOTES
    File Name  : Display-Array1.ps1
	Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
	Requires   : PowerShell V2
.LINK
    http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\Display-Array1.ps1'
    Initially,
    Integer array:
        1
        2
        3
        4
        5

    Object array:
        26
        27
        28
        29
        30

    After copying the first two elements of the integer array to the Object array,
    Integer array:
        1
        2
        3
        4
        5

    Object array:
        1
        2
        28
        29
        30

    After copying the last two elements of the Object array to the integer array,
    integer array:
        1
        2
        3
        29
        30

    Object array:
        1
        2
        28
        29
        30
#> 

##
#  Start of script
##

# Helper function
Function PrintValues{ 
[Cmdletbinding()]
Param ($myArr )  

ForEach ( $i in $myArr )
  {
    "`t{0}" -f $i
  }
""
}
 
# Start of Sample
# Creates and initializes a new integer array and a new Object array.
$IntArray =  1, 2, 3, 4, 5 
[system.object] $ObjArray = [object] 26, [object] 27, [object] 28,[object] 29,[object] 30

# Prints the initial values of both arrays.
"Initially,"
"Integer array:" 
PrintValues( $IntArray )
"Object array: " 
PrintValues( $ObjArray );

# Copies the first two elements from the integer array to the Object array.
[System.Array]::Copy( $IntArray, $ObjArray, 2)
 
# Prints the values of the modified arrays.
"`nAfter copying the first two elements of the integer array to the Object array," 
"Integer array:" 
PrintValues( $IntArray );
"Object array: " 
PrintValues( $ObjArray );

# Copies the last two elements from the Object array to the integer array.
[System.Array]::Copy( $ObjArray, $ObjArray.GetUpperBound(0) - 1, $IntArray, $IntArray.GetUpperBound(0) - 1, 2 )

# Prints the values of the modified arrays.
"`nAfter copying the last two elements of the Object array to the integer array," 
"integer array:"
PrintValues( $IntArray )
"Object array: "
PrintValues( $ObjArray )

Display-TimeSpan.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Creates timespan objects and displays properties for each    
.DESCRIPTION
    This script creates time span objects then displays
    the properties of each one.
.NOTES
    File Name  : Display-TimeSpan.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell V2
.LINK
    http://pshscripts.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/display-timespanps1.html
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\Display-Timespan.ps1
    This example of the TimeSpan class properties
    generates the following output. It creates
    several TimeSpan objects and displays the values
    of the TimeSpan properties for each

    TimeSpan( 1 )
    Interval =      00:00:00.0000001
    Days               0       TotalDays          1.15740740740741E-12
    Hours              0       TotalHours         2.77777777777778E-11
    Minutes            0       TotalMinutes       1.66666666666667E-09
    Seconds            0       TotalSeconds                      1E-07
    Milliseconds       0       TotalMilliseconds                0.0001
                               Ticks                                 1
    TimeSpan( 111222333444555 )
    Interval =  128.17:30:33.3444555
    Days             128       TotalDays              128.729552597865
    Hours             17       TotalHours             3089.50926234875
    Minutes           30       TotalMinutes           185370.555740925
    Seconds           33       TotalSeconds           11122233.3444555
    Milliseconds     344       TotalMilliseconds      11122233344.4555
                               Ticks                   111222333444555

    TimeSpan( 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 )
    Interval =   10.20:30:40.0500000
    Days              10       TotalDays              10.8546302083333
    Hours             20       TotalHours                   260.511125
    Minutes           30       TotalMinutes                 15630.6675
    Seconds           40       TotalSeconds                  937840.05
    Milliseconds      50       TotalMilliseconds             937840050
                               Ticks                     9378400500000
    TimeSpan( 1111, 2222, 3333, 4444, 5555 )
    Interval = 1205.22:47:09.5550000
    Days            1205       TotalDays              1205.94941614583
    Hours             22       TotalHours                28942.7859875
    Minutes           47       TotalMinutes              1736567.15925
    Seconds            9       TotalSeconds              104194029.555
    Milliseconds     555       TotalMilliseconds          104194029555
                               Ticks                  1041940295550000
    FromDays( 20.84745602 )
    Interval =   20.20:20:20.1980000
    Days              20       TotalDays              20.8474559953704
    Hours             20       TotalHours             500.338943888889
    Minutes           20       TotalMinutes           30020.3366333333
    Seconds           20       TotalSeconds                1801220.198
    Milliseconds     198       TotalMilliseconds            1801220198
                               Ticks                    18012201980000

#>

## 
#  Start of Script
##

# Constant
$HeaderFmt = "`n{0, -45}"
$DataFmt = "{0,-12}{1,8}       {2,-18}{3,21}"
 
# Helper function 
function ShowTimeSpanProperties {
param ([System.TimeSpan] $Interval = 1)
  
# Display the properties of the TimeSpan parameter.

"Interval = {0,21}"   -f $interval
"$DataFmt" -f  "Days",         $interval.Days,         "TotalDays",         $interval.TotalDays
"$DataFmt"  -f "Hours",        $interval.Hours,        "TotalHours",        $interval.TotalHours
"$dataFmt"  -f "Minutes",      $interval.Minutes,      "TotalMinutes",      $interval.TotalMinutes
"$DataFmt"  -f "Seconds",      $interval.Seconds,      "TotalSeconds",      $interval.TotalSeconds
"$DataFmt"  -f "Milliseconds", $interval.Milliseconds, "TotalMilliseconds", $interval.TotalMilliseconds
"$DataFmt"  -f $null,          $null,                  "Ticks",             $interval.Ticks
} 

# Start of main script
# Create and display a comment
$comment = @"
This example of the TimeSpan class properties 
generates the following output. It creates 
several TimeSpan objects and displays the values 
of the TimeSpan properties for each
"@
$comment
 
# Create and display a TimeSpan value of 1 tick.
$ts = [system.TimeSpan] 1
"$HeaderFmt" -f "TimeSpan( 1 )"
ShowTimeSpanProperties($ts)
 
# Create a TimeSpan value with a large number of ticks.
$ts = [System.TimeSpan] 111222333444555
"$HeaderFmt"  -f "TimeSpan( 111222333444555 )" 
ShowTimeSpanProperties($ts)

# This TimeSpan has all fields specified.
$ts = New-Object  System.TimeSpan 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
"$HeaderFmt" -f "TimeSpan( 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 )"
ShowTimeSpanProperties($ts)

# This TimeSpan has all fields overflowing.
$ts = New-Object System.Timespan 1111, 2222, 3333, 4444, 5555 
"$HeaderFmt" -f "TimeSpan( 1111, 2222, 3333, 4444, 5555 )"
ShowTimeSpanProperties($ts)

# This TimeSpan is based on a number of days.
$ts = [system.TimeSpan] ([system.TimeSpan]::FromDays(20.8474560))
"$headerFmt"  -f "FromDays( 20.84745602 )" 

ShowTimeSpanProperties($ts)

# End of script

Send-SMTPMessage.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
   Creates and sends an SMTP message  
.DESCRIPTION
    This script uses the system.net.mail class to create and send
    an email message using SMTP.
.NOTES
    File Name  : Send-SMTPMessage.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell V2
.LINK
    http://pshscripts.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/send-smtpmessageps1.html
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\Send-SMTPMessage.ps1'
    Sending an e-mail message to doctordns@gmail.com by using SMTP host localhost port 25.
    Message to: powershell@psp.co.uk, from: doctordns@gmail.com has been successfully sent
#>

##
# Start of Script
##

# Create from/to addresses
$from = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailAddress "powershell@psp.co.uk"
$to =   New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailAddress "doctordns@gmail.com"
 
# Create Message
$message = new-object  System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $from, $to
$message.Subject = "Using the SmtpClient class and PowerShell"
$message.Body = @"
Using this feature, you can send an e-mail message from an application very easily.
"@

# Set SMTP Server and create SMTP Client
$server = "localhost"
$client = new-object system.net.mail.smtpclient $server

# Send the message
"Sending an e-mail message to {0} by using SMTP host {1} port {2}." -f $to.ToString(), $client.Host, $client.Port
Try {
   $client.Send($message)
   "Message to: {0}, from: {1} has been successfully sent" -f $from, $to
}
Catch {
  "Exception caught in CreateTestMessage: {0}" -f $Error[0]
}

Get-AssemblyVersion.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Gets the version number for an assembly
.DESCRIPTION
    
.NOTES
    File Name  : Get-AssemblyVersion.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell V4
.LINK
    http://pshscripts.blogspot.co.uk/2008/07/get-assemblyversionps1.html 
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-AssemblyVersion.ps1'
    Assembly: System.Speech has version number of: 4.0.0.0    
#>

# Start of script

# Define the assembly we want to load - a random reference assembly from SDK 3.0
$Pshfile = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.0\system.speech.dll"

# Now load the assembly
$Myasm = [System.Reflection.Assembly]::Loadfile($Pshfile)

# Get name, version and display the results
$Aname = $Myasm.GetName()
$Aver =  $Aname.version

# Display results
"Assembly: {0} has version number of: {1}" -f $Aname.name, $aver
# End of script

Get-AssemblyName.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Gets assembly full name of a loaded assembly        
.DESCRIPTION
    This script uses reflection to get and assembly, then
    gets the assembly's full name
.NOTES
    File Name  : Get-AssemblyName.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell V2 CTP3
.LINK
    http://pshscripts.blogspot.co.uk/2008/11/get-assemblynameps1.html 
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\Get-AssemblyName.Ps1'
    Full name  = "mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
#>

# Start of script
 

# Using Reflection to get information from an Assembly:
$o =[System.Reflection.Assembly]::Load("mscorlib.dll")
$name = $o.GetName()


# Display full name
"Full name  = `"{0}`"" -f $name
# End of script

Get-Extension.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Gets file extension  
.DESCRIPTION
    This script uses the GetExtension method to get a file extension
.NOTES
    File Name  : Get-Extension.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell V2
.LINK
    http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\get-extension.ps1'
    GetExtension('C:\mydir.old\myfile.ext') returns '.ext'
    GetExtension('C:\mydir.old\') returns ''
#>

##
# Start of Script
##
 
# Set values
$fileName = "C:\mydir.old\myfile.ext"
$path = "C:\mydir.old\"
 
# Get filename extension
$extension = [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($fileName)
"GetExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'" -f $fileName, $extension
 
 # Get Path Extension (hint: there is none!)
$extension = [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($path)
"GetExtension('{0}') returns '{1}'" -f $path, $extension
# End of Script

Get-Type.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Uses GetType to obtain type information
.DESCRIPTION
    This script creates an object then uses the
    GetType method to return type info
.NOTES
    File Name  : Get-Type.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell V2
.LINK
    http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\get-type.ps1'

    Module                     : CommonLanguageRuntimeLibrary
    Assembly                   : mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089
    TypeHandle                 : System.RuntimeTypeHandle
    DeclaringMethod            :
    BaseType                   : System.ValueType
    UnderlyingSystemType       : System.Int32
    FullName                   : System.Int32
    AssemblyQualifiedName      : System.Int32, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561
                             34e089
    Namespace                  : System
    GUID                       : a310fadd-7c33-377c-9d6b-599b0317d7f2
    GenericParameterAttributes :
    IsGenericTypeDefinition    : False
    IsGenericParameter         : False
    GenericParameterPosition   :
    IsGenericType              : False
    ContainsGenericParameters  : False
    StructLayoutAttribute      : System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute
    Name                       : Int32
    MemberType                 : TypeInfo
    DeclaringType              :
    ReflectedType              :
    MetadataToken              : 33554629
    TypeInitializer            :
    IsNested                   : False
    Attributes                 : AutoLayout, AnsiClass, Class, Public, SequentialLayout, Sealed, Serializable, Befo
                                 eFieldInit
    IsVisible                  : True
    IsNotPublic                : False
    IsPublic                   : True
    IsNestedPublic             : False
    IsNestedPrivate            : False
    IsNestedFamily             : False
    IsNestedAssembly           : False
    IsNestedFamANDAssem        : False
    IsNestedFamORAssem         : False
    IsAutoLayout               : False
    IsLayoutSequential         : True
    IsExplicitLayout           : False
    IsClass                    : False
    IsInterface                : False
    IsValueType                : True
    IsAbstract                 : False
    IsSealed                   : True
    IsEnum                     : False
    IsSpecialName              : False
    IsImport                   : False
    IsSerializable             : True
    IsAnsiClass                : True
    IsUnicodeClass             : False
    IsAutoClass                : False
    IsArray                    : False
    IsByRef                    : False
    IsPointer                  : False
    IsPrimitive                : True
    IsCOMObject                : False
    HasElementType             : False
    IsContextful               : False
    IsMarshalByRef             : False
#>

##
# Start of script
##

[int] $i = 42
$type = $i.GetType()
$type | fl *
# End of script

Get-Files.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Gets and displays files from a folder
.DESCRIPTION
    This script uses the getfiles method to get and display files in a folder
.NOTES
    File Name  : Get-Files.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell V2
.LINK
    http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\get-files.PS1
    Files in C:\Foo\test
    C:\foo\test\div.xml
    C:\foo\test\foo.txt
    C:\foo\test\foo1.txt
    C:\foo\test\foo1.xls
    C:\foo\test\foo1.xlsx
    C:\foo\test\foo2.txt
    C:\foo\test\shows (Autosaved).xlsx
    C:\foo\test\shows.xlsx
    C:\foo\test\tfl1.xlsx
    C:\foo\test\xlsx1.xlsx
    C:\foo\test\xlsx2.xlsx

    Files in C:\Foo\test\*.txt
    C:\foo\test\foo.txt
    C:\foo\test\foo1.txt
    C:\foo\test\foo2.txt

    Files in C:\Foo\test /s
    C:\foo\test\div.xml
    C:\foo\test\foo.txt
    C:\foo\test\foo1.txt
    C:\foo\test\foo1.xls
    C:\foo\test\foo1.xlsx
    C:\foo\test\foo2.txt
    C:\foo\test\shows (Autosaved).xlsx
    C:\foo\test\shows.xlsx
    C:\foo\test\tfl1.xlsx
    C:\foo\test\xlsx1.xlsx
    C:\foo\test\xlsx2.xlsx    
#>

##
# Start of Script
##
  
# Get all files in C:\Foo\test
'Files in C:\Foo\test'
[System.IO.Directory]::GetFiles('C:\foo\test')
''
 
# Get all files in c:\foo\test\*.txt
'Files in C:\Foo\test\*.txt'
[System.IO.Directory]::GetFiles('C:\foo\test', '*.txt')
''
 
# Get all files in c:\foo\test\*.* /s
'Files in C:\Foo\test /s'
$s = [System.IO.SearchOption]::AllDirectories
[System.IO.Directory]::GetFiles('C:\foo\test\', '*.*',$s)
# End of Script

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Get-Int16.ps1

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Illustrates Int16 data type  
.DESCRIPTION
    This script creates,displays and formats an Int16.
.NOTES
    File Name  : Get-Int16.ps1
    Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk
    Requires   : PowerShell V2
.LINK
    http://pshscripts.blogspot.co.uk
.EXAMPLE
    PSH [C:\foo]: .\get-int16.ps1
    4142
    The value of this int16 is: 4142
    The value of this int16 is: 4,142
  
    Min value of an Int16 is: -32,768
    Max value of an Int16 is: 32,767
#>

## 
# Start of Script
##


# Create the int16

[system.int16] $i = 0

# set and display a value:
$i=4142
$i
'The value of this int16 is: {0}'  -f $i

# and nicely formatted
'The value of this int16 is: {0}' -f $i.tostring('0,000')
''

# Max/Min value
'Min value of an Int16 is: {0}'  -f [System.Int16]::minvalue.tostring('0,000')
'Max value of an Int16 is: {0}'  -f [System.Int16]::maxvalue.tostring('0,000')
# End of script