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PowerShell Articles
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How to check if remote ports are open using PowerShell?
Earlier days we were using telnet clients to check the remote port connectivity, in fact, we are still using it with cmd and PowerShell but this feature is not by default installed in OS and some companies have restrictions on installing new features including telnet.We can leverage PowerShell to test remote port connectivity without installing telnet and with the use of the Test-NetConnection command. This command is also very useful for other diagnostics but we are focusing here for the remote port check.To check if the remote port is open or not we can use the Test-NetConnection command and it ...
Read MoreHow to Copy NTFS permissions using PowerShell?
To change, add or remove security permissions on the files or folder using PowerShell you can use the Set-Acl command. The best way to set the permission is to copy the permissions from another file or folder if you need the same permissions on the destination path.For example, I want the same folder permissions of the source C:\Shared\ to the destination folder path c:\shared1 path. You can use any destination path, it could be the remote shared UNC path.See the difference in the above security permissions, the Shared named folder has one additional permission assigned (LABDOMAIN\Delta). We will copy the ...
Read MoreHow to view folder NTFS permission with PowerShell?
To view the NTFS permission with PowerShell, we use the Get-ACL command. This command is supported in PowerShell version 5.1 or later. Generally how we get the security permission of the folder in the Windows OS using GUI, To get the same permissions shown above using PowerShell, use the below command.Get-Acl C:\SharedPS C:\> Get-Acl C:\Shared Directory: C:\ Path Owner Access ---- ----- ------ Shared BUILTIN\Administrators NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Allow FullControl...You can compare the first image with the above output. You can compare the Owner of the folder and it ...
Read MoreWhat is the use of the Get-Error cmdlet in PowerShell?
Get-Error cmdlet was introduced in PowerShell v7. It displays the most recent error messages from the current session.When you check the get member of this command, its output is in the form of PSExtendedError so whatever the output is produced by this command is in a detailed manner and so this command is very helpful in troubleshooting error messages.PS C:\> Get-Error | gm TypeName: System.Management.Automation.ErrorRecord#PSExtendedErrorWe will write one command in the PowerShell console which is ultimately generate an error.PS C:\> Get-ChildItem c:otexist Get-ChildItem: Cannot find path 'C:otexist' because it does not exist.The above directory does not exist. Let’s get a ...
Read MoreWhich are the new Null Operators introduced in PowerShell version 7?
PowerShell version 7 has introduced a few new null operators. They are as below.Null-Coalescing operator - ??Null Conditional Assignment Operators - ??=Null Conditional member access operators - ?. and ?[]a. Null-Coalescing operator - ??Null Coalescing operator ??evaluates the left-hand side condition or operand and if it is null then evaluates the right-hand side operand otherwise provides the value of the left-hand side operand.For example, Without the Null-Coalescing operator, we would have written a script like as shown below, $Name = $null if($Name -eq $null){"Name is Null"} Else {"PowerShell"}The above same condition can be written with the ?? operator.$name = $null ...
Read MoreHow to use the ValidateCount attribute in PowerShell Function?
The validateCount attribute in PowerShell function is to validate the length of an array, which means that you can pass the specific number of arguments into the parameter. In the below example we need array should contain a minimum 1 and maximum 4 values when we pass the values. For that, we will write the below script, Function ValidateArray { Param ( [ValidateCount(1, 3)] [String[]]$Animals ) return $PSBoundParameters }OutputPS C:\> ValidateArray -Animals Cow, Dog, Cat Key Value --- ----- Animals {Cow, Dog, Cat}The above output is valid but when we pass ...
Read MoreHow to use the ValidateScript attribute in PowerShell function?
The ValidateScript attribute is to validate the script before entering inside the function. For example, let say you want to validate the path of the file, validate the remote computer connectivity, etc. We will take here remote server connectivity example.Without the ValidateScript attribute, we would have written the script as shown below.Function Check-RemoteServer { param ( [string]$Server ) if(Test-Connection -ComputerName $Server -Count 2 -Quiet -ErrorAction Ignore) { Write-Output "$server is reachable" } else { Write-Output "$Server is unreachable" } }OutputPS C:\> Check-RemoteServer -Server asde.asde asde.asde is ...
Read MoreHow to use the ValidateLength attribute in PowerShell?
The ValidateLength attribute in PowerShell is used to validate the length of the String. Generally how we write the command without the mentioned attribute is using the Length method and if/else condition for the string. For Example, Function ValidateStorageName { param ( [String]$StorageName ) if(($StorageName.Length -gt 3) -and ($StorageName.Length -lt 15)) { Write-Output "`nStorage Name validated" } else { Write-Output "`nStorage Name validation failed" } }Output−PS C:\> ValidateStorageName -StorageName Alpha Storage Name validated PS C:\> ValidateStorageName -StorageName CN Storage Name validation failedWith the ValidateLength attribute, else ...
Read MoreHow to use the ValidateSet Attribute in PowerShell function?
The ValidateSet attribute in PowerShell function is to validate the values entered from the set which means, it allows only specific values from the set. To understand better consider the below example, we have an array and we need to check if entered values are among array or not then we will use the below code.Function PetAnimalsCheck { param( [String]$Animal ) $Animals = "Cow", "Dog", "Cat", "Horse", "Camel", "Elephant" if($Animals -contains $Animal) { Write-Output "Animal is in the list of Pet Animals" } else { Write-Output ...
Read MoreHow to use the ValidateRange attribute in PowerShell function?
Validation parameters are a set of rules that you define on the PowerShell variable and restrict users from entering some values and binding users to enter values in the specific domain. If there are not validation parameters the script would be lengthy. The ValidateRange attribute is one of them.ValidateRange AttributeThis parameter is to validate the specific range of numbers. For example, If we need users to enter a value between 5 and 100 and we simply write the script using the If/else statement as shown below.function AgeValidation { param( [int]$age ) if(($age -lt 5) ...
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