Wiley Professional Windows PowerShell 978-0-471-94693-9 ユーザーズマニュアル
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Getting Started with
Windows PowerShell
If you are like me, then when you begin to look seriously at an interesting piece of software, you
like to get your hands dirty and play with it from the beginning. In this chapter, I show you how
to get started using Windows PowerShell, and I’ll show you enough of the PowerShell commands
to let you begin to find your way around effectively. In the rest of the book, I help you build on
that initial knowledge so that you can use PowerShell for a wide range of useful tasks, depending
on your requirements.
like to get your hands dirty and play with it from the beginning. In this chapter, I show you how
to get started using Windows PowerShell, and I’ll show you enough of the PowerShell commands
to let you begin to find your way around effectively. In the rest of the book, I help you build on
that initial knowledge so that you can use PowerShell for a wide range of useful tasks, depending
on your requirements.
Windows PowerShell, as you probably already know, is Microsoft’s new command shell and
scripting language. It provides a command line environment for interactive exploration and
administration of computers, and by storing and running Windows PowerShell commands in a
script file, you can run scripts to carry out administrative tasks multiple times. Windows
PowerShell differs in detail from existing command line environments on the Windows and Unix
platforms, although it has similarities to past environments. In Chapter 3, in particular, I explain
more about the PowerShell approach, although differences from existing command shells and
scripting languages will emerge in every chapter.
scripting language. It provides a command line environment for interactive exploration and
administration of computers, and by storing and running Windows PowerShell commands in a
script file, you can run scripts to carry out administrative tasks multiple times. Windows
PowerShell differs in detail from existing command line environments on the Windows and Unix
platforms, although it has similarities to past environments. In Chapter 3, in particular, I explain
more about the PowerShell approach, although differences from existing command shells and
scripting languages will emerge in every chapter.
Once you have had a brief taste of PowerShell, you will need to understand a little of the assump-
tions and approach that lie behind the design decisions that have made PowerShell the useful tool
that it is. In Chapter 2, I step back from using the PowerShell command line and look at the
strengths and deficiencies of some existing Microsoft approaches to system management and then,
in Chapter 3, take a look at the philosophy and practical thought that lies behind the approach
taken in Windows PowerShell.
tions and approach that lie behind the design decisions that have made PowerShell the useful tool
that it is. In Chapter 2, I step back from using the PowerShell command line and look at the
strengths and deficiencies of some existing Microsoft approaches to system management and then,
in Chapter 3, take a look at the philosophy and practical thought that lies behind the approach
taken in Windows PowerShell.
Installing Windows PowerShell
Windows PowerShell depends on the presence of the .NET Framework 2.0. Before you install
PowerShell, you need to be sure that you have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed.
PowerShell, you need to be sure that you have the .NET Framework 2.0 installed.
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