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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
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