How To Tail With PowerShell

How to replace tail in PowerShell

 Posted on 2020-09-21

Printing the last or first, few lines of a file is a common operation in day to day operations. On Linux most people will, without thinking twice, use tail and it’s counterpart head to achieve this. It’s man page1 describes tail simply like this Print the last 10 lines of each FILE to standard output. With more than one FILE, precede each with a header giving the file name. [Read More]
bash-to-powershell  powershell 

Bash Utilities In Powershell

Replacing common bash utilities in PowerShell

 Posted on 2020-09-20

Whats the first thing coming to mind when seeing a command line? For most people it is Linux, be it Ubuntu, Debian or RedHat. And it is completely understandable. A big part of our industry has a background in Linux and sees it as the superior system for quick scripts and the like. In this series I want to challenge this notion. PowerShell can compete with, an in some cases outperform, the quick scripts and common daily tasks done in Linux shells. [Read More]
bash-to-powershell  powershell