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Chapter 1. The PowerShell Console
Chapter 2. Interactive PowerShell
Chapter 3. Variables
Chapter 4. Arrays and Hashtables
Chapter 5. The PowerShell Pipeline
Chapter 6. Using Objects
Chapter 7. Conditions
Chapter 8. Loops
Chapter 9. Functions
Chapter 10. Scripts
Chapter 11. Finding and Avoiding Errors
Chapter 12. Command Discovery and Scriptblocks
Chapter 13. Text and Regular Expressions
Chapter 14. XML
Chapter 15. The File System
Chapter 16. The Registry
Chapter 17. Processes, Services, Event Logs
Chapter 18. WMI: Windows Management Instrumentation
Chapter 19. User Management
Chapter 20. Your Own Cmdlets and Extensions