The Big Book of PowerShell Gotchas
The Big Book of PowerShell Gotchas
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$ Isn't Part of the Variable Name
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These Aren't Your Father's Commands
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Commands' Default Output Can Lie
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Running Something as the "Currently Logged-in User"
Commands that Need a User Profile May Fail When Run Remotely
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These Aren't Your Father's Commands

Always keep in mind that while PowerShell has things called Dir and Cd, they aren't the old MS-DOS commands. They're simply aliases, or nicknames, to PowerShell commands. That means they have different syntax.

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You can run help dir (or ask for help on any other alias) to see the actual command name, and its proper syntax.

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