PowerShell Cmdlets for Output Conversion

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What feature in PowerShell allows commands to be connected in powerful one-line sequences?

Command concatenation

PowerLink

Pipeline (correct)

Cmdlet chaining

In PowerShell, how is the output of one command passed to another command?

By enclosing in square brackets []

Using the pipe symbol | (correct)

Using the arrow symbol ->

By using the keyword 'output'

Which command in PowerShell is used to display a directory listing one page at a time?

more (correct)

cat

view

ls

What concept in PowerShell is similar to the way UNIX and Linux shells connect commands?

Piping Signup and view all the answers

What character is used to represent the pipeline for connecting commands in PowerShell?

| Signup and view all the answers

What purpose do ConvertTo-CSV and ConvertTo-Xml cmdlets serve in PowerShell?

Translate command output into CSV or XML Signup and view all the answers

Why is it mentioned that ConvertTo-Html, ConvertTo-CSV, and ConvertTo-Xml don't create files on disk?

To indicate the need for further processing Signup and view all the answers

What is one advantage of using ExportCSV over piping converted output to Out-File in PowerShell?

ExportCSV directly saves the converted output to disk Signup and view all the answers

In what scenario might you prefer not to save converted data to a file on disk in PowerShell?

For data transmission to a web service Signup and view all the answers

What does the command 'Get-Process | Stop-Process' do in PowerShell?

Kill processes Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of using the -Property parameter with Compare-Object cmdlet?

To focus the comparison on a specific column Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the processes that match across both sets when using Compare-Object?

They are excluded from the output Signup and view all the answers

If you wanted to abbreviate the parameter names -Reference and -Difference further, what could be a more concise option?

-r and -d Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of not providing the -Property parameter in Compare-Object?

It compares all columns of the two sets Signup and view all the answers

If you export your current processes to a CLIXML file and then start additional processes, which computer becomes the 'difference computer'?

The computer where additional processes were started Signup and view all the answers

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