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PowerShell's scripting language and ability to interact directly with Windows system elements give it a superpower that Command Prompt lacks.

Shell scripting on MS platforms, 2000, 2003.<BR><BR>There's no VBS, Perl, nor anything else involved. Just basic shell scripting.<BR><BR>So I'd like to be able to send output to a file while still ...

It is no secret that we often use and abuse bash to write things that ought to be in a different language. But bash does have its attractions. In the modern world, it is practically everywhere. It can ...