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function Compare-ArrayItems {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	Param (
		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
		[PSObject[]]$ReferenceArray
		,
		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
		[PSObject[]]$DifferenceArray
	)
	# note: this treats the arrays as sets; i.e. doesn't care what position items are in within an array, or if the same item occurs multiple times

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function Receive-TcpServerResponse {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
        [System.IO.StreamReader]$StreamReader
    )
    # useful notes on SMTP https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5321.html / http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_SMTPRepliesandReplyCodes-3.htm / FTP on https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc959/4_FileTransfer.html
    $return = [PSCustomObject]@{PSTypeName='TcpResponse';Code=$null;Text=''} # don't need code, but no harm in leaving it (it was here from: )
    $hasMoreData = $true
    #Write-Verbose ': Awaiting Server Response'

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function Get-FilesInDirectory {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	Param (
		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
		[string]$Path
		,
		[Parameter(Mandatory)]
		[string]$SearchPattern
		,

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import com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.*;
import java.sql.*;

public class DBTest {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        if (args.length != 1) {
            System.out.println("Please provide a connection string as an argument when calling this method; exactly 1 argument expected; received: " + args.length);
            return;

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Function Import-IISLog {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    Param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
        [System.IO.FileInfo]$Path
        ,
        [Parameter()]
        [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemCmdletProviderEncoding]$Encoding = [Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemCmdletProviderEncoding]::Ascii
    )
    Begin {

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$username = 'username'
$password = 'password'
$computer = $env:COMPUTERNAME
Add-Type -AssemblyName 'System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement'
$obj = [System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContext]::new('machine',$computer)
$obj.ValidateCredentials("$computer\$username", $password) 

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void Main()
{
    var usr = @"myDomain\myUser";
    var pwd = Util.GetPassword(usr); //linqpad util library
    var uri = "https://webdavendpoint.example.com/somefolder/";
    var fn = @"c:\temp\filetouploadTestData.txt";
    var rn = "remoteFilenameTestData.txt";
    var wd = new BasicWebDavClient(usr, pwd, uri);
    
    wd.Put(fn, rn);

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Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string]$ComputerName
    ,
    [Parameter()]
    [int]$Port = 25
    ,
    [Parameter()]
    [System.Security.Authentication.SslProtocols]$SslProtocols = [System.Security.Authentication.SslProtocols]::GetValues([System.Security.Authentication.SslProtocols])
    ,

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:: Recursively take ownership of all files under a folder, and amend their access to grant full ownership to admins.

takeown /R /A /D Y /F c:\temp\path
:: /R = Recursive
:: /A = Ownership to Admins
:: /D Y = answer Yes to any questions (/D N would answer No)
:: /F c:\temp\path = which path to run the command against

icacls c:\temp\path /grant Administrators:F /T /C
:: c:\temp\path The path to run the command against

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Function Export-X509CertToPemFiles {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	Param (
		[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
		[System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2]$Certificate
		,
		[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
		[System.IO.FileInfo]$FullChainPath
		,
		[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]