Lecture 1: Getting Started: Transcripts, Variables, Methods, Properties

Lecture 1: Getting Started

Video 1: starts with getting PowerShell all setup. I changed the background to black and the font to neon green, just like the a400 hack days. Font 24 size

This is the first video in the series

Part 1: Getting Started

1. Always start out with command

Start-Transcript

*allows script to be saved

2. get-command

*everything available in PS

3. get-

(verb)(command)(noun)

*everything in PowerShell must be in this format

**noun= parameter

4. Other examples

get-command-Noun service

*returned 8 objects about service

5. get-help get-service

* this is the help section

6. get-help get-service -examples -online

* good command to show examples

7. cls

*(alias) clears screen

**translate alias get-alias cls

***returns -> Clear-Host

****this is: (verb)(command)(noun)

8. get-process 

*this is similar to task manager

9. pipe over command (|)

*| denotes pipe

10. get-member

*denotes all the properties and methods of that object

**properties: example car: color, type, brand

***methods: open door, start car, break car

11. | select-object *

(pipe)(verb)(command)(noun)(all)

Part 2: Variables

1. $zebra =  get-process MicrosftEdge

*(variable) = (verb)(command)(noun) (object)

2.$zebra

*check to see if variable was set

3. $zebra.name

*(variable).(property)

4. $zebra.kill()

*(variable).(Method)

5. get-history

*what we did

6. transcripts located in documents folder