Hmmm.... And the relevance to a free software users form is .... ? Am I missing something here?
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Prasad SR <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Microsoft Command Shell Monad (msh), a powerful shell scripting environment > for Vista has been formally renamed as Windows PowerShell. They have even > changed the name of the shell program msh.exe with PowerShell.exe while the > new file extension is .ps1 > > For those not familiar, Monad or Windows Powershell is powerful command > line shell (like CMD.exe or BASH, KSH, CSH) plus a scripting language (like > Perl, SED, AWK) with one major difference - contrary to cmd.exe and > Unix/Linux shells, Monad operates on objects, not text when passing data > between scripts and executables. Here are some practical examples of using > the Monad Shell vs Korn Shell: > > Example 1: Change the case of a string from lower to upper > ksh: $ echo "this is a string" | tr [:lower:] [:upper:] > MSH> "this is a string".ToUpper() > > Example 2: To stop all processes that begin with the letter "p" > ksh: $ ps -e | grep " p" | awk '{ print $1 }' | xargs kill > MSH> get-process p* | stop-process > > Example 3: Insert string "ABC" after the first character in the word > "string" > ksh: $ echo "string" | sed "s|\(.\)\(.*)|\1ABC\2|" > MSH> "string".Insert(1,"ABC") > > Windows Powershell supports Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows > XP Operating systems but requires the .NET Framework Version 2.0 > Redistributable Package preinstalled. PS won't be shipped with Vista or > Windows Server 2007 but it will debut with Exchange 12 > > > -- > -- > Regards, > > Prasad.S.R > > "Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different > sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes." -- CHE > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
