Why automation saves time in PowerShell - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to display the current date and time.

PowerShell

Get-Date | [1]

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AStart-Process

BWrite-Output

COut-File

DGet-Content

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Common Mistakes

Using Out-File writes to a file, not the screen.

Using Start-Process starts a new process, not output.

Using Get-Content reads from a file, not output.

The Write-Output cmdlet sends the current date and time to the console, showing it immediately.

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medium

Complete the code to create a folder named 'Reports'.

PowerShell

New-Item -Path . -Name 'Reports' -ItemType [1]

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ADirectory

BFile

CText

DProcess

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Common Mistakes

Using File creates a file, not a folder.

Using Text is not a valid item type here.

Using Process is unrelated to creating folders.

The Directory type tells PowerShell to create a folder, which saves time by automating folder creation.

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hard

Fix the error in the script to list all files in the current directory.

PowerShell

Get-ChildItem [1]

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A-Content

B-Folder

C-Process

D-File

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Common Mistakes

Using -Folder lists folders, not files.

Using -Process is invalid here.

Using -Content is not a valid parameter for this cmdlet.

The -File parameter lists only files, which helps automate file management tasks efficiently.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a loop that prints numbers 1 to 5.

PowerShell

for ($i = [1]; $i [2] 5; $i++) { Write-Output $i }

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A1

B<=

C<

D0

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Common Mistakes

Starting at 0 prints 0 which is not needed here.

Using < instead of <= misses printing 5.

Start the loop at 1 and continue while $i is less than or equal to 5 to print numbers 1 through 5.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a hashtable of file sizes for '.txt' files.

PowerShell

$sizes = @{}; foreach ([3] in Get-ChildItem -Filter '*.txt') { $sizes[[1]] = [2].Length }

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A$file.Name

B$file

D$item

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Common Mistakes

Using inconsistent variable names causes errors.

Using $item instead of $file breaks the loop variable.

This creates a hashtable where each key is the file name and the value is the file size, automating file size collection.