PowerShell in Action

Listing files on a particular folder:

• Get-ChildItem -Path E:\music
• Get-ChildItem -Path E:\music -name
• Get-ChildItem -name

Rename part of name of multiple files:

• dir | rename-item -NewName {$_.name -replace “old”,”new”}

Calculate the checksum values of files:

• Get-FileHash -Path windirstat1_1_2_setup.exe -Algorithm SHA1
• Get-FileHash -Path windirstat1_1_2_setup.exe -Algorithm MD5