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How to Check If a File or Folder Is Empty in PowerShell powershellfaqs.com/check-if-… #powershell

PowerShell: Check If a File or Folder Is Empty

Check if a file is empty in PowerShell by size or by text, check if a folder is empty with hidden files included, and find empty files and folders.

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PowerShell Files and Folders: List, Copy, Move, Delete powershellfaqs.com/files/ #powershell

PowerShell Files and Folders: List, Copy, Move, Delete

Manage files and folders with PowerShell: list, create, read, write, copy, move, rename and delete, plus CSV and JSON, with examples run in 7 and 5.1.

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PowerShell ForEach-Object: Examples and foreach vs ForEach-Object powershellfaqs.com/powershel… #powershell

PowerShell ForEach-Object: Examples, -Parallel and foreach

Use PowerShell ForEach-Object with $_, -Begin/-Process/-End and -Parallel, skip items the right way, and see how it compares with the foreach loop.

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PowerShell Round to 2 Decimal Places (and Whole Numbers) powershellfaqs.com/powershel… #powershell

PowerShell Round to 2 Decimal Places: Round, -f and Floor

Round to 2 decimal places in PowerShell with Math.Round and -f, fix banker's rounding, round to whole numbers and tidy Measure-Object results.

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How to Create a Local Admin Account Using PowerShell powershellfaqs.com/create-a-… #powershell

Create a Local Admin Account Using PowerShell

Create a local admin account using PowerShell with New-LocalUser and Add-LocalGroupMember, a strong password, the group SID and remote PCs.

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PowerShell Arithmetic Operators: +, -, *, /, %, ++ and More powershellfaqs.com/powershel… #powershell

PowerShell Arithmetic Operators (With Examples)

Use PowerShell arithmetic operators to add, subtract, multiply, divide and get remainders, plus unary ++ and --, precedence and negative to positive.

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How to Convert PNG to ICO Using PowerShell powershellfaqs.com/powershel… #powershell

Convert PNG to ICO Using PowerShell (Multi-Size Icon)

Convert PNG to ICO using PowerShell with a .NET function that writes real 16-256 px icons, plus why ImageFormat.Icon fails. Tested in 7 and 5.1.

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How to Check If a Folder, File, List, Column or Site Exists in SharePoint Online (PnP PowerShell) powershellfaqs.com/check-if-… #powershell

Check If a Folder or User Exists in SharePoint with PnP

Check if a folder, file, list, column, site or user exists in SharePoint Online with PnP PowerShell, and create a missing folder with Resolve-PnPFolder.

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PowerShell Write-Host vs Write-Output (and echo, Verbose, Error) powershellfaqs.com/powershel… #powershell

PowerShell Write-Host vs Write-Output: Key Differences

PowerShell Write-Host vs Write-Output explained with tested examples, plus how echo, Out-Host, Write-Information, Write-Verbose and Write-Error compare.

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How to Get HP BIOS Settings Using PowerShell powershellfaqs.com/get-hp-bi… #powershell

Get HP BIOS Settings Using PowerShell (WMI and HPCMSL)

Get HP BIOS settings using PowerShell with HP_BIOSEnumeration and HPCMSL: list, filter, export to CSV and compare settings against a baseline.

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How to Replace Text in Strings Using PowerShell powershellfaqs.com/replace-t… #powershell

PowerShell Replace: .Replace() vs -replace (With Examples)

Replace text in PowerShell strings with .Replace() or -replace: multiple strings, special characters, a position, capture groups, and 5.1 differences.

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How to Check if a String Contains Special Characters in PowerShell? powershellfaqs.com/check-if-… #powershell

Check if a String Has Special Characters in PowerShell

Check if a string contains special characters in PowerShell with -match, W vs [^a-zA-Z0-9], [regex]::Matches, IndexOfAny and tested 7 vs 5.1 output.

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How to Create an HTML Table in PowerShell powershellfaqs.com/create-an… #powershell

Create an HTML Table in PowerShell with ConvertTo-Html

Create an HTML table in PowerShell with ConvertTo-Html from arrays, variables or CSV files, add CSS, highlight rows, and avoid the string array trap.

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How to Find a Character in a String Using PowerShell powershellfaqs.com/find-a-ch… #powershell

Find a Character in a String with PowerShell (IndexOf)

Find a character in a string with PowerShell using Contains, IndexOf and -like, find the second or nth occurrence, every position, and count matches.

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PowerShell Single vs Double Quotes (and Variables in Strings) powershellfaqs.com/powershel… #powershell

Escape Single Quotes in PowerShell: Single vs Double Quotes

How to escape single quotes in PowerShell: doubled '', here-strings, O'Brien in SQL, .exe and cmd /c arguments, plus single vs double quotes and $().

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How to Get Windows Activation Status Using PowerShell? powershellfaqs.com/get-windo… #powershell

How to Get Windows Activation Status Using PowerShell

Get the Windows activation status with PowerShell: query SoftwareLicensingProduct, decode LicenseStatus, check remote PCs and compare with slmgr.

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How to Split a String in PowerShell (With Examples) powershellfaqs.com/split-a-s… #powershell

Split a String in PowerShell: -split and .Split() Examples

Split strings in PowerShell by comma, space, tab, newline or word with -split and .Split(), get the first or last item, and avoid regex and 5.1 traps.

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How to Copy Items from One List to Another in SharePoint Online Using PnP PowerShell? powershellfaqs.com/copy-item… #powershell

Copy SharePoint List Items to Another List (PnP PowerShell)

Copy SharePoint Online list items to another list with PnP PowerShell: Copy-PnPList for the columns, a batched item copy, attachments and Created dates.

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PowerShell Out-File [With Examples] powershellfaqs.com/powershel… #powershell

PowerShell Out-File: Syntax, Parameters and Examples

Use PowerShell Out-File to write output to a file: append, avoid overwrites, set the width and encoding, and overwrite read-only files with -Force.

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How to Remove Blank Lines from an Array in PowerShell? powershellfaqs.com/remove-bl… #powershell

Remove Blank Lines from an Array in PowerShell

Remove blank, empty, null and whitespace-only lines from a PowerShell array or text file, with tested PowerShell 7 vs 5.1 differences for Split.

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