How-To Geek on MSN

These 8 useful Bash patterns are hiding in real projects—here's how to use them

Discover the techniques that help popular scripts succeed.
MCPmag

5 Cool PowerShell Cmdlets for Speeding Up Active Directory Tasks

While I don't pretend to be an expert in Windows PowerShell scripting by any means, I use PowerShell whenever I can because I find it very useful to manage my servers. For network administrators who ...
Ars Technica

win 32 shell script: walking directory trees

I am the IT guy for a small non-profit camp and retreat center. I built the network and have set up a functional firewall and have rolled out antivirus, etc. <BR><BR>The problem now is that we need a ...
Redmond Magazine

PowerShell: An In-Depth Scripting Crash Course

More of you are getting used to Windows PowerShell and realizing its advantages. With that in mind, this month's column is going to be a long one. This is a lightning overview of Windows PowerShell ...
TechRepublic

11 PowerShell commands to use in managing Active Directory

Jesus Vigo covers how systems administrators leverage PowerShell cmdlets to manage Active Directory networks, including the devices and users it services. Microsoft’s PowerShell (PS) management ...
Linux Journal

Work the Shell - Understanding Shell Script Shorthand

Oh happy day! I got an e-mail from a reader with a shell script question that didn't appear to be homework from a programming class or anything to do with hacking passwords. The reader wrote: I am ...
Redmond Magazine

Launching a PowerShell Script from Excel, Revisited

We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...