Get-Scripting Podcast Episode 30 - (Jan Ring talks SCVMM)

This is Episode 30 of the Get-Scripting podcast. Tune in to listen to us talk and interview people about PowerShell.

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Intro:
Alan:

• VCD Posts on the PowerCLI Blog
• Cisco UCS Cmdlets
• Next week I am at the North Carolina VMUG

Jonathan:

Working a contract for Citrix via Start-Automating


Interview:



Jan Ring

Blog

PowerShell News:

Scripting Games have taken place

PowerShell and WMI book from Richard Siddaway published

PowerShell Resources:


PoshChat


Convert Images to Text Ascii Art



Unofficial vCD Cmdlets

PowerShell code cleaner V1

Don Jones - PowerShellbooks.com

PowerShell Tips:


Escaping a Regex when using -match

PS V:\> $TestError = "This is a (test)"

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PS V:\> $RealError = "This is a (test)"

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PS V:\> $TestError -match $RealError
False

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PS V:\> $TestError -match [regex]::Escape($RealError)
True

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PS V:\> $RealError = "This is a \(test\)"

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PS V:\> $TestError -match $RealError
True


http://www.vistax64.com/powershell/199639-comparing-string-contains-parenthesis.html

Get Index of Item in an Array

Multiple Variable Assignment

PS C:\> $a,$b = 'apple','pear'

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PS C:\> $a
apple

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PS C:\> $b
pear



or


PS C:\> $a,$b = 'apple','pear','banana'

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PS C:\> $a
apple

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PS C:\> $b
pear
banana

PowerShell Gotcha


Chat with Hal - ValidationSet not working with tab completion, enumeration.
Function a {

Param

(

[parameter(Mandatory=$true)]

[ValidateSet("Low", "Average", "High")]

[String[]]

$Detail

)

Process {

Write-Host $Detail

}

}

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