Run a PowerShell script directly from GitHub Gist
Posted 9th April 2018
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Simple code that enables you to host your PowerShell scripts on GitHub Gist but execute them from a local machine.
Transferring packages between different versions of R
Posted 31st July 2017
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Use a couple of small scripts to easily “transfer” installed packages between different installations or versions of R.
UNC path from local path in PowerShell
Posted 23rd February 2017
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Use this simple PowerShell code to convert a local path into an UNC path.
Download all PDFs from a web page via PowerShell
Posted 6th December 2016
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Use PowerShell to download every PDF from a web page and save them to a nominated folder.
Upload files to an SFTP server via PowerShell
Posted 11th November 2016
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Easily transfer files from a local drive to a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) server using PowerShell. This script is useful for automating file transfers.
PowerShell: Creation date into filenames
Posted 5th August 2016
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Insert a file’s creation date into its file name using a simple piece of PowerShell scripting.
Use a batch file to run your PowerShell scripts
Posted 1st August 2016
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This simple batch file will enable a PowerShell script file (*.ps1) to execute with Administrator permissions in Windows.
Folder or file browser dialogues in PowerShell
Posted 28th July 2016
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Make life easy for the users of your scripts: Rather then entering file/folder paths at the command line, let them select from a GUI dialogue box.
DOS 8.3 short paths via PowerShell
Posted 5th July 2016
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Use this PowerShell script to discover the DOS 8.3 path name for any selected folder in Windows.
Merge multiple CSVs with PowerShell
Posted 28th June 2016
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Use this simple PowerShell script to merge multiple CSV/TSV/TXT files into one.