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I wanted to document these steps after downloading embedded Python recently. I extracted it, set the environment path and started the interpreter. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until I tried to exit exit() and it reported back ’exit not found’ or something like that. What!? How can this be? I ended up import sys and using sys.exit() but this sent me on an adventure to determine how to use embedded Python as a regular install. Read more...

The Invoke-WebRequest command in PowerShell is very powerful and can be used to do much more then downloading a file. Check out the Invoke-WebRequest documentation page to learn more. Download a file from the web (http, https) Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "http://192.168.100.123:3000/myzipfile.zip" -OutFile "C:\Documents\myzipfile.zip" The above command well download a file from the web (in this case a local ip address) and save if under your Documents folder. Need to Extract a zip file? Read more...

Have a .zip file and need to extract its entire contents using Powershell? No problem, it’s built in! Since PowerShell version 5+, there is an Expand-Archive command built in: Expand-Archive -Path myzipfile.zip -DestinationPath C:\extract\to\here Not sure which version of PowerShell you have? $PSVersionTable.PSVersion Find more information: man Expand-Archive Need to Create a zip file? Check out Compress-Archive in PowerShell

Have some files and need to create a zip archive using Powershell? No problem, it’s built in! Since PowerShell version 5+, there is an Compress-Archive command built in: Compress-Archive running in PowerShell Compress-Archive -Path file.txt, file2.txt -CompressionLevel Fastest -DestinationPath C:\compress\to\here\myzipfile.zip Note: There’s a 2 GB max file size limit due to a limitation of the underlying API. Not sure which version of PowerShell you have? $PSVersionTable.PSVersion Use Splatting As seen in the example these lines can get long! Read more...