Unholy Matrimony - wGet and PowerShell together
XML has been around for a LONG time. But just like working with HTML, it still kind of stinks. If you want to reach into a file and pull out values within certain tags, you’d better become a pro with Xpath or be prepared to create some REALLY ugly Regex. For instance, if we wanted to grab the values within the tag we care about for this blog post, the regex would be this simple little number.
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PowerShell native switch configuration
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Working with Web Services, SOAP, PHP and all the REST with PowerShell
Question Time: when I want a property, PowerShell gives the whole object!
I’m posting today on a topic I see over and over again in the forums, on reddit, and have run into myself numerous times. Every person I’ve ever taught PowerShell runs into it too, and most authors have covered this at some point, including Don Jones in ‘The big book of PowerShell Gotchas’.
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