This article is part of the few-liner series, where you can find some useful powershell examples. Of course, you need to adjust the values/paths to your needs. Also, I know there may be other ways to achieve the same results but this is not a base for an “which-command-is-better” competition. Depending on the time you read this post, there may be new commandlets making things easier but I do not regulary update this blog series.
Serialize / de-serialize files
$object = Get-Item "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe" $serialized = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes([Management.Automation.PSSerializer]::Serialize($object))) $deserialized = [Management.Automation.PSSerializer]::Deserialize([Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String($serialized)))
Kill all running processes within a certain path
Get-Process | ? { $_.Path -like "*Citrix*" } | % { Taskkill /F /IM ([System.IO.Path]::GetFilename($_.Path)) }
– or –
Get-Process | ? { $_.Path -like "*Citrix*" } | Stop-Process -Force
Get a list of special folder names and resolve their path
[Enum]::GetNames([Environment+SpecialFolder])
[System.Environment]::GetFolderPath("MyVideo")
Disable the wireless adapter (works in most cases)
Get-NetAdapter | ? {$_.InterfaceDescription -like "*wireless*"} | Disable-NetAdapter
Search for string in multiple files and print file names containing the string
Get-Childitem -Path .\ -Recurse -Include *.txt,*.log,*.xml | Select-String "stringToSearch" -List | Select Path
Get-Childitem -Path .\ -Recurse -Include *.* | Select-String "stringToSearch" | Add-Content .\Out.txt