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PowerShell–Don’t Use Write-Host

Posted on March 4, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve written a few scripts and programs lately, mostly just for fun. In those scripts, I’ve used Write-Host to return output. To me, it’s been like “Print” in various languages where I can get output of a program. Often I’ll … Continue reading →

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Quick Folder Size with PowerShell

Posted on March 2, 2016 by way0utwest

This is a fairly simple idea, and one I’m sure many people have done in the past. Personally, I have tended to just hover a mouse over a folder when I want a size. That seems to work fairly well, … Continue reading →

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Hash Tables in PowerShell–Advent of Code Day 3

Posted on January 11, 2016 by way0utwest

I continue to work on solving the Advent of Code puzzles in both PowerShell and T-SQL after completing them in Python. When I hit day 3 in PowerShell, it was a few new tricks to learn, one of which was … Continue reading →

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Advent of Code Day 1, Puzzle B

Posted on January 8, 2016 by way0utwest

As I continue through the Advent of Code, albeit slowly, I’m solving each puzzle 3 days. I worked through 6 of them in Python before moving on to other languages, and this is my chance to catch up with both … Continue reading →

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