Redmond Magazine

How To Use .CSV Files with PowerShell, Part 2

In the second part of this series, Brien shows how to import a .CSV file into a PowerShell array, including two methods for zooming in on just the specific data you need and filtering out the rest. In ...
MCPmag

How To Process Multiple CSV Files at Once in PowerShell

Each of these CSV files has four columns: FirstName,LastName,Title,HireDate. At the end of each month, management wants a report of who was hired that month. To find this information, you must read ...
MCPmag

Creating CSV Files with PowerShell

Storing data in a structured way is important when that data will be read by a computer. One of the easiest ways to put data into an easy-to-read format is with a comma-separated value (CSV) file. A ...
Computerworld

PowerShell for beginners: Scripts and loops

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...
Computerworld

Performing five common administrative tasks using Windows PowerShell

Sometimes it’s easiest to learn something new simply by using it, and to my mind PowerShell is no exception. Often we discover new capabilities and features in looking at what tasks other people are ...
Redmond Magazine

How To Use .CSV Files with PowerShell, Part 1

Windows PowerShell is probably best-known for its ability to allow Windows admins to operate at scale. For instance, it would take forever to create a thousand user accounts through the GUI, but ...