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Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches: Covers Windows, Linux, and MacOS by James Petty, Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks, Tyler Leonhardt and Travis Plunk (2022, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherManning Publications Co. LLC

ISBN-101617296961

ISBN-139781617296963

eBay Product ID (ePID)19050392558

Product Key Features

Number of Pages375 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLearn Powershell in a Month of Lunches: Covers Windows, Linux, and Mac OS

SubjectSystem Administration / Linux & Unix Administration, General, System Administration / Windows Administration, Programming Languages / Asp.Net

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

AuthorJames Petty, Don Jones, Jeffery Hicks, Tyler Leonhardt, Travis Plunk

Subject AreaMathematics, Computers

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight23.3 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.3 in

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LCCN2022-288143

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Notonly for MacOS and Linux users, but also a great resource for Windows PS users." Bruce Bergman "Gives developers a lot of insight on how PowerShell works and how to accomplish everyday tasks." Marcel van den Brink "This book enabled me to quickly get using PowerShell for real-lifetasks." Rick Michaels "The book is great, especially if you have no previous experience with PowerShell, tasks automation, or DevOps." Max Almonte "Approaches PowerShell from a building block like perspective." FosterHaines "Unlike other PowerShell type books, this book expands beyond just Windows environments to accommodate those on Mac or Linux platforms who may want to explore this area as well." James Matlock

Dewey Decimal005.133

SynopsisLearn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches covers Windows, Linux, and macOS is a task-focused tutorial for administering Linuxand macOS systems using Microsoft PowerShell. Adapted by PowerShell team members Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt from the best selling Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by community legends DonJones and Jeffrey Hicks , it features Linux-based examples covering core language features and admin tasks. Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break, Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break. In Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition you will learn: Discoverability with the Help system Background jobs and automation techniques Simple scripting to automate repetitive tasks Managing cloud services from major cloud providers Extending PowerShell with commands Common syntax and commands cheat sheet Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition is a task-focused guide for administering your systems using PowerShell. It covers core language features and admin tasks, with each chapter a mini-tutorial you can easily complete in under an hour. Discover how PowerShell works on different operating systems, and start automating tasks so they take just a few seconds to complete. No previous scripting experience required. The book is based on the bestselling Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by community legends Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks. PowerShell team members Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt and Microsoft MVP James Petty have updated this edition to the latest version of PowerShell, including its multi-platform expansion into Linux and macOS. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology PowerShell gives you complete command line control over admin tasks like adding users, exporting data, and file management. Whether you're writing one-liners or building complex scripts to manage cloud resources and CI/CD pipelines, PowerShell can handle the task. And now that PowerShell is truly cross-platform, you don't have to switch scripting languages when you move between Windows, Linux, and macOS. About the book Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, Fourth Edition is a new edition of the bestseller that introduced PowerShell to over 100,000 readers. With bite-sized lessons and hands-on exercises, this amazing book guides you from your first command to writing and debugging reusable scripts for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Set aside just an hour a day and you'll soon be tackling increasingly complex automation tasks with PowerShell. What's inside Discoverability with the Help system PowerShell on macOS and Linux Background jobs and automation techniques Managing cloud services from major cloud providers Common syntax and commands cheat sheet About the reader No previous experience with PowerShell or Bash required. About the author James Petty is CEO of PowerShell.org and The DevOps Collective, and a Microsoft MVP. Travis Plunk is an engineer on the PowerShell team. Tyler Leonhardt is an engineer on Visual Studio Code. Don Jones and Jeffery Hicks are the original authors of Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches . Table of Contents 1 Before you begin 2 Meet PowerShell 3 Using the help system 4 Running commands 5 Working with providers 6 The pipeline: Connecting commands 7 Adding commands 8 Objects: Data by another name 9 A practical interlude 10 The pipeline, deeper 11 Formatting: And why it's done on the right 12 Filtering and comparisons 13 Remote control: One-to-one and one-to-many 14 Multitasking with background jobs 15 Working with many objects, one at a time 16 Variables: A place to store your stuff 17 Input and output 18 Sessions: Remote control with less work 19 You call this scripting? 20 Improving your parameterized script 21 Using regular expressions to parse text files 22 Using someone else's script 23 Adding logic and loops 24 Handling errors 25 Debugging techniques 26 Tips, tricks, and techniques 27 Never the end, "Not only for MacOS and Linux users, but also a great resource for Windows PS users." - Bruce Bergman Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches: Covers Windows, Linux, and macOS is a task-focused tutorial for administering Linux and macOS systems using Microsoft PowerShell. Adapted by PowerShell team members Travis Plunk and Tyler Leonhardt from the bestselling Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by community legends Don Jones and Jeffrey Hicks, it features Linux-based examples covering core language features and admin tasks. Designed for busy IT professionals, this innovative guide will take you from the basics to PowerShell proficiency through 25 tutorials you can do in your lunch break. about the technology The PowerShell scripting language and administrative shell was initially created for Windows, providing a high-quality command-line interface and awesome automation features. As part of Microsoft's ongoing strategy to support non-Windows platforms with its Azure cloud service and .NET Core framework, PowerShell now runs on Linux and macOS. Like Bash, PowerShell can execute and script nearly any aspect of Linux, so you can easily manage repetitive daily tasks, servers, Cloud resources, Continuous Integration pipelines, and more. Because PowerShell is a full-featured programming language, however, it provides capability well beyond traditional shell scripting languages, such as the ability to treat OS components as objects. about the book Learn PowerShell in a Month of Lunches: Covers Windows, Linux, and macOS is a user-friendly tutorial to managing Linux and macOS systems with PowerShell. It's based on the bestselling Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches, which has introduced PowerShell to nearly 100,000 readers. You'll learn how PowerShell shapes up to Bash or Python scripting as you write and run simple scripts that automate boring daily tasks. As you progress through the book, you'll use PowerShell to write Continuous Integration Pipelines and manage cloud-based servers. Just set aside one hour a day for a month, and you'll be automating tasks faster than you ever thought possible! what's inside - Why you should use PowerShell on Linux and macOS - Background jobs and automation techniques - Simple scripting to automate repetitive daily tasks - Common syntax and commands cheat sheet - Each lesson takes you an hour or less about the reader For IT professionals comfortable administering Windows or Linux. No previous experience with PowerShell or Bash required. about the author Travis Plunk has been a Software Engineer on various PowerShell teams since 2013, and at Microsoft since 1999. He was involved in open sourcing PowerShell and has worked on the project full time since shortly after the project was announced. James Petty is a Microsoft MVP, and the CEO and Executive Director for the DevOps Collective and PowerShell.org. Tyler Leonhardt has been a Software Engineer on the PowerShell team since 2017, and at Microsoft since 2016. He is a core maintainer of the PowerShell extension for Visual Studio Code. Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches was written by PowerShell community legends Don Jones and Jeffrey Hicks, who have years of experience as successful PowerShell trainers.

LC Classification NumberQA76.73.W56