Chapter 4 Quick Reference

Open table as spreadsheet

To	Do This
Retrieve the script execution policy	Use the Get-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet
Set the script execution policy	Use the Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet
Create a variable	Type the variable name in the script
Create a constant	Use the New-Variable cmdlet and specify constant for the option argument
Loop through a collection when you do not know how many items are in the collection	Use the ForEach-Object cmdlet
Pause execution of a script for a certain amount of time	Use the Start-Sleep cmdlet and supply the amount of time to sleep in either seconds or milliseconds
Print out text in color	Use the Write-Host cmdlet and supply the appropriate color to the foregroundcolor argument
Read the contents of a text file	Use the Get-Content cmdlet and supply the path to the file as the value for the path argument
To produce a beep in a script	Use the `a special escape character sequence inside a string
Delete a folder	Use the Remove-Item cmdlet and supply the path to the folder as the value for the path argument