Powershell – Search and Replace multiple text strings in file/variable

A common, but not so often, requirement in some scenarios is to search and replace one or multiple text strings in variables or files. This can be quite easily achievied by using a bit of Powershell code. Read More …

Read content of compressed file (.zip file) using PowerShell [New Question]

A quick question, answered on Heelpbook, about “Read content of compressed file (.zip file) using PowerShell”, something that could be useful in some scenarios like testing or development to extract programmatically needed files from dev kits. Read More …

Searching through files for matching text strings (Powershell)

Let’s see some Powershell ways to search for text or files, also in Word and Excel programs, on a Windows system (server and client). A scripting way to this common tedious activity (searching for files and text in files) would be useful to not waste time, most of the time. Read More …

Copy file to remote servers (Powershell)

A common activity, on many IT environments, is to move/copy files from a system to another, usually in a scheduled mode. Let’s see how to do it with Powershell on Windows systems. Read More …

Powershell – Variable for Null, Empty String and White Space

More often than not, we create variables with the intent they will hold a value. We typically then choose to act upon that value. Therefore, if a variable doesn’t have value, this is something we would want to check against in our conditional logic flow. Read More …