Find text in a file with PowerShell

I often need to search through logs to find errors and other troubleshooting information. In the Linux world, this often means using grep. In PowerShell, you can use Get-Content and Where-Object.

Find hidden files with PowerShell

I recently had a need to get a list of hidden files in a directory tree. PowerShell made it fairly easy to knock out the list in a quick and dirty fashion, by checking if the file Attributes contain the string “Hidden”:

Sending mail with PowerShell

[June 27, 2014] Update: I’ve made several updates, including multiple recipients and sending attachments. If you’ve created a PowerShell script that runs as a scheduled task, you may want to have it send you an e-mail with a log file or other notification about what the script did or didn’t do (i.e. error notification). PowerShell … Continue reading "Sending mail with PowerShell"