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+title: "Basic tasks to get you started automating with Powershell"
+date: 2024-04-05T22:00:00+02:00
+tags: ['Powershell']
+draft: true
+---
+
+Here are 10 common tasks that you will need to master when automating in Powershell (or any language for that matter).
+
+## 1. Reading and writing files
+
+```powershell
+# Let's write something to a file
+PS> "Hello, World!" | Out-File -FilePath myfile.txt
+
+# Read contents of file
+PS> Get-Content -Path myfile.txt
+Hello, World!
+
+# Shorthand
+PS> gc myfile.txt
+Hello, World!
+```
+
+## 2. Working with data
+
+### Convert Powershell object to JSON
+
+```powershell
+PS> $myobj = [PSCustomObject]@{
+> Name = "dotpwsh"
+> Homepage = "https://dotpwsh.com"
+> Twitter = "@moiaune"
+> }
+PS> $myobj | ConvertTo-Json
+{
+  "Name": "dotpwsh",
+  "Homepage": "https://dotpwsh.com",
+  "Twitter": "@moiaune"
+}
+```
+
+### Convert JSON string to Powershell object
+
+```powershell
+PS> $jsonData = @"
+> {
+>   "Name": "dotpwsh",
+>   "Homepage": "https://dotpwsh.com",
+>   "Youtube": "https://youtube.com/@moiaune"
+> }
+> "@
+PS> $jsonData
+{
+  "Name": "dotpwsh",
+  "Homepage": "https://dotpwsh.com",
+  "Youtube": "https://youtube.com/@moiaune"
+}
+PS> $jsonData | ConvertFrom-Json
+
+Name    Homepage            Youtube
+----    --------            -------
+dotpwsh https://dotpwsh.com https://youtube.com/@moiaune
+
+```
+
+### Convert CSV string to Powershell object
+
+```powershell
+PS> $csvData = @"
+> name,homepage,twitter
+> dotpwsh,https://dotpwsh.com,@moiaune
+> "@
+PS> $csvData
+name,homepage,twitter
+dotpwsh,https://dotpwsh.com,@moiaune
+PS> $csvData | ConvertFrom-Csv
+
+name    homepage            twitter
+----    --------            -------
+dotpwsh https://dotpwsh.com @moiaune
+```
+
+### Convert Powershell object to CSV
+
+```powershell
+PS> $myobj = [PSCustomObject]@{
+> Name = "dotpwsh"
+> Homepage = "https://dotpwsh.com"
+> Twitter = "@moiaune"
+> }
+PS> $myobj | ConvertTo-Csv
+"Name","Homepage","Twitter"
+"dotpwsh","https://dotpwsh.com","@moiaune"
+```
+
+
+## 3. Interacting with REST API's
+
+
+## 4. Archiving and extracting files
+
+
+## 5. Working with Regular Expresions