The Microsoft Word document had a big yellow bar across the top informing me that I am in Protected View. Cool, sneaker net rules! Then I opened the file, and I was greeted with a non-working file. So I copied my template file to a USB drive from my lab environment computer, and pasted the template to my corporate network-joined laptop. I do not normally use this laptop to write my blog because it simplifies things if I use a machine connected to my test lab instead of having to demonstrate alternate credentials for every single command. So, when I was getting ready to head out to Redmond for the week, I needed to ensure I had my Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog template copied on my corporate laptop. Teresa will have a hard time restraining me as I deliver my two presentations on Windows PowerShell cool stuff! The problem with blocked files Having just returned from Redmond (or the “mother ship” as some of my more sarcastic friends refer to the Microsoft headquarters), I am definitely pumped up, psyched-out, hyped-up (or whatever enthusiastic adverb you wish to use to describe me). If at all possible, you do not want to miss Windows PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte because there is an all-star lineup of speakers, and with three tracks and lots of sessions to choose from, it will be a learning extravaganza. Check the website to see if any tickets remain-they have been flying off the shelves this week. The speaker’s dinner and slumber party take place at the house that script built, and the Scripting Wife and I are the hosts. As those of you who have been reading the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog on a regular basis know, today is the speaker’s dinner (and scripting slumber party) for Windows PowerShell Saturday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Therefore any file that has a return and a line feed will produce an array with more than one item.Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to unblock all files in a directory. It will not work in your case because you want to search for the line separator.Īn easier way is to use Get-Content, this convert a file to an array of strings, one item per line. You could use Select-String to find patterns in a group of files, however this will only search for the pattern within each line of text.

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