andykuszyk/Common Powershell commands.md

## Common Powershell commands.md

      
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              Common Powershell commands.md
            
          
    A collection of common Powershell commands that I frequently use.
Outputting to the console

Write to the console with:
Write-Host "My message"
Bypass the execution policy for the current user

To execute scripts in a powershell console, use:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser Bypass
Simple find and replace

To do a simple find and replace in a file, use:
(Get-Content [filename] -encoding UTF8) | foreach-object {
	$_ -replace "[text-to-replace]", "[replacemet-text]"
} | Set-Content [filename] -encoding UTF8

Note: the brackets around Get-Content are important here, because they cause powershell to read the entire file out first, before starting to write it again.

Read an XML file

[xml]$xmlFile = Get-Content -Path $xmlFilePath