PowerShell Examples

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PowerShell examples
	Name	Description	Last modified (DD/MM/YYYY)	Also available in							Remarks
				DOS batch	NT batch	JScript	Kix	Perl	Rexx	VB Script
	2ASCII 2Unicode 2UTF8	Convert any text file to ASCII, Unicode or UTF-8	26/09/2006		NT					V	NT batch command converts from Unicode to ASCII, VBScript converts any text format to Unicode
	BIOS	Display BIOS properties	11/09/2006		NT		K	P	R	V	Generated by my WMIGen.hta. For a simpler list, just use the command get-wmiobject -class Win32_BIOS instead.
	CDEject	Eject all CDROMs	11/09/2006				K		R	V	Requires Windows Media Player. OS/2 Rexx script uses OS/2 MultiMedia (MMOS2) Rexx Support.
	DHCPBackup	Backup daily DHCP logs	30/08/2007								Script by Jason Carter, Marshall University Computing Services
	GetRes	Show screen resolution	11/09/2006		NT		K	P	R	V	Generated by my WMIGen.hta. The Rexx version is for OS/2, use WMIGen.hta. to generate an Object Rexx version for Windows.
	LeapYear	Check if the specified year is a leap year	25/10/2006	D	NT	J	K	P	R	V	DOS batch version uses BatchMan by Michael Mefford.
	Memory	Display total and free amounts of physical memory	21/10/2006	D	NT					V
	PSVer	Display PowerShell executable file version	15/10/2006
	ShowCpuH	Display CPU details in an HTML page	01/09/2006
	ShowPRN	Display all printers	10/09/2006		NT					V	Generated by my WMIGen.hta. For a simpler list, just use the command get-wmiobject -class Win32_Printer instead.
	ShowPrnH	Display all printers in an HTML page	31/08/2006
	Today	Display today's yesterday's and tomorrow's date in 2 formats	05/07/2006	D	NT	J	K	P	R	V	Today.ps1 combines the functions of my SortDate, Yesterday and Tomorrow scripts as available in other scripting languages
	TxtComp	Compare 2 text files and display the differences	23/10/2006						R
	Week	Display current week number	26/06/2006	D	NT	J	K	P	R	V
	Which	Locate the specified program file	27/07/2006	D	NT		K	P	R		See my WHICH page
	WMIGen.hta	This HTA generates Batch, JScript, KiXtart, Object Rexx, Perl, PowerShell, Python and VBScript code for WMI queries	20/10/2006							HTA	Automatically checks for updates on startup. Based on the example from the Microsoft TechNet ScriptCenter article Scripting Eye for the GUI Guy, with help from the Scripting Guys' Scriptomatic 2.0 and HTA Helpomatic tools and The Script Center Script Repository: Sample Windows PowerShell Scripts