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?

    <p>Piping</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>|</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Translate command output into CSV or XML</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>To indicate the need for further processing</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>ExportCSV directly saves the converted output to disk</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>For data transmission to a web service</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Kill processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>To focus the comparison on a specific column</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>They are excluded from the output</p> 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?

    <p>-r and -d</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>It compares all columns of the two sets</p> 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'?

    <p>The computer where additional processes were started</p> Signup and view all the answers

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